[beagle3]

I used to believe that too. But my experience over the last twenty years it that anyone without specific interest in the problem tends to average everything they here and assume that's where the truth lies.

So the product of (amount of editorializing)*(how much noise you make) should balance the other side.

There are non-linear effects - e.g., you lose listeners if you editorialize too much, ("RIAA is killing babies", which might be plausible with some chain of reasoning that includes far fetched assumptions and highly improbable assumptions, but not entirely invalid deductions).

But basically everywhere, and especially in American politics, being calm and factual is a guaranteed way to lose the vote, regardless of how right you are.