He had a stroke in I believe 2022, and is no longer verbal, so he hasn't been able to give fresh takes on current events such as Ukraine, Gaza, the second Trump term or the latest Epstein revelations.

I remember his Ukraine takes seeming irrationally pro Russia. And somewhat out of character, he electorally supported mainstream centrist democrats.

I think in light of the emails, some commentators have been saying that the bits in manufacturing consent about only acceptable views being published applied to him. He was a token leftist who ultimately supported the status quo.

Whether he was personally a pedophile or merely tolerated pedophiles I don't think I've seen evidence towards. He was certainly a hypocrite, it's disappointing, and a huge stain on his legacy.