When Cenk ended the interview by saying they were out of time, Vidal pointed out this proved his point about the control of the media.  The short media segements and shorter corporate media segements feed the point Wonderwheel is making-- inadvertantly or by design, thoughtful exploration of issues is not possible.  So, if the real tension is between intellectual analysis of issues and moronic self-absorption of popularity contests, which fits best into slogans... and the lack of institutional memory-- the media is "50 first dates".
Cenk, if Wendy is a psychologist, talk to her about concrete thinkers sometime please.  Vidal was making an abstract comparison... and as Jayar and Wonderwheel pointed out, the reaction to the word "conspiracy" is a "great diagnostic indicator", so don't bite that hook.
Wouldn't it be great if progressives felt so good about themselves that their talk show hosts would want to have a half hour chat with one of the Colonels or Captains, or if Thommy Hartmann talked to some of the well informed and thoughtful callers instead of the whackos from the Ayn Rand or other think tanks.  I wonder who will do it first.  Gosh, it would make your listeners feel so normal and the "mainstream" so odd.