Eff You In The Mouth, Dr. Phil

Sophie Lawton / Media Matters for America:

In its newest season, CBS' Dr. Phil has become a safe space for anti-abortion activists  —  The newest season of CBS' Dr. Phil has regularly featured right-wing personalities, including anti-abortion activists and Fox News and PragerU personalities, and members of far-right student and parent groups, giving them platforms to share misinformation and hate. 

This trend appears to be a distinct turn for the show in contrast to the previous season. Dr. Phil now tackles conservative culture war issues like critical race theory, transgender athletes, “cancel culture,” cultural appropriation, and abortion. 

During the previous season that began in September 2021, the first 25 episodes included 15 episodes on personal family stories, 8 on true crime, and just 2 focused on societal topics described as being “in the news”: "dynamic" seniors and bad flying experiences. Of the first 25 episodes of the current season, 24 have focused on general societal topics, with only one true crime-focused episode and no episodes surrounding personal conflicts. 

Season 20 did include two appearances from particularly bigoted right-wing media personalities. Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire appeared in an episode in January focused on nonbinary and transgender identity. Right-wing media used the episode to spread hate against nonbinary and transgender people online, and it has since been erased from Hulu, Dr. Phil’s site, and YouTube. And right-wing troll James Lindsay appeared in January 2022 to discuss critical race theory in schools, comparing it to neo-Marxism. 

These types of guests are now commonplace. In many instances, host Phil McGraw does not provide background on the groups his guests represent.…

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In Oprah Winfrey's mouth too. Between Mehmet Oz & this piece of Texas shit she has a lot for which to answer.