Paul Harvey is the blueprint for conservative radio types from the 1950s onward. I'm not nearly as interested in those sides of things because I think that Alex Jones has always been pretty far off the beaten path from most conservative radio types, like in terms of style. That being said, there is an element in which Alex is the truest descendant of Paul Harvey, more than anyone else could ever hope to be. He got drunk a lot on air. No, I don't know about that. Maybe. So, Robert Smith discussed Harvey's career in an episode of NPR's All Things Considered, after Harvey had passed. Not lead singer of The Cure, Robert Smith. No. Different guy. An NPR host. Gotcha. This is just after Paul Harvey had passed on. And tell me if any of this sounds familiar. Quote, Harvey's style was unique and always compelling. Even when he got to the ads, Harvey would seamlessly move into his pitch, making it into a story just as riveting as the news around him. The product changed, but the intensity was the same, and for it, he was paid hands-on. That sounds familiar. A little bit. That does sound familiar. Paul Harvey's legacy is essentially intertwined with his ability to make ads sound like they're part of his show. From that NPR piece, Smith asks Bruce Dumont, the founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communication, why advertisers loved Harvey. Quote, well, because he moved product. I mean, that was the key thing. Yeah, that seems like a really simple question to answer. Another article about him from NPR said, quote, Paul Harvey blurred the line between newscaster and outright salesman in a way that Dumont describes as being, quote, very unseemly behavior for any other newscaster to engage in, possibly even a breach of ethics. Paul Harvey's career has touched a lot of the right-wing media in ways that often go unnoticed. Some are stylistic touches, some are political moves, but for Alex Jones, Harvey was the king of integrating ads into your show and making them feel the same as the news.