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The Plus Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help

Greg Gutfeld

NEW YORK TIMES

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The Daily

Podcast

The Daily

In this book from a couple of years prior to the interview, Gutfeld lamented something called the 'opposition toxin,' which describes the media's tendency to frame everything as a conflict between two groups.

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There was something that in particular that was interesting to me in a book you wrote a couple years ago called The Plus. Yes. Where you sort of lamented a problem that you called the opposition toxin...

— Episode: 'The Interview': Fox News Wanted Greg Gu...

Episode: 'The Interview': Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to D...

In this book from a couple of years prior to the interview, Gutfeld lamented something called the 'opposition toxin,' which describes the media's tendency to frame everything as a conflict between two groups.

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There was something that in particular that was interesting to me in a book you wrote a couple years ago called The Plus. Yes. Where you sort of lamented a problem that you called the opposition toxin, which is the inclination of the media to always see two groups in conflict.

Pod Save America

It was mentioned jokingly that Trump was sworn in for a second term with his hand on a copy of this book.

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He was sworn in for a second term this morning by Judge Neal Pirro with his hand on the latest copy of Greg Gutfeld's newest book.

— Episode: “Peak stupid.”

Episode: “Peak stupid.”

It was mentioned jokingly that Trump was sworn in for a second term with his hand on a copy of this book.

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He was sworn in for a second term this morning by Judge Neal Pirro with his hand on the latest copy of Greg Gutfeld's newest book.

The Dan Bongino Show

He mentioned GregGutfeld's new bookThe Plus, noting that it had generated a lot of attention and "blew up" over the weekend.

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He talks about cancel culture, social media and his new book the plus--it blew up this weekend.

— Episode: A Warning Everyone Needs to Hear About B...

Episode: A Warning Everyone Needs to Hear About Biden (Ep 1...

He mentioned GregGutfeld's new bookThe Plus, noting that it had generated a lot of attention and "blew up" over the weekend.

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He talks about cancel culture, social media and his new book the plus--it blew up this weekend.

Episode: Greg Gutfeld on Cancel Culture, Social Media, and...

It was described as self-help for people who hate self-help, focusing on a simple "plus or minus" approach to decision-making. The author discussed how this system helped him manage issues with cancel culture and social media.

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I hate self-help books too.

There's only two I ever read that I thought were really worth their time is the road less travel...and then the follow-up, right the people of the lie was a great book.

So it boiled down to like every day you got to make a choice. Is it a plus or minus and it's basically providing top spin on your decision-making?

I actually read most of the book. I got through about 60% of it.

This is Greg's dedication in the book: "Obviously the plus self-help for people who hate self-help. To Elena."

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