He is neither.He is an oppurtunist who stages an act everynight,and has realized the general low IQ level of avg desi voter.He has understood the zeitgist of the time(revival of nationalism, and general global atmosphere of islamophobia and hatred of status quo liberals),and acts as a sycophant to power.Basically he has surrendered his journalistic integrity for access,money and influence.In the process he has permanently damaged the indian press media and brought it to a historic low.But its a bit weird to see pakistanis complain about media or press,which in pakistan is also a sycophant to power,being ISI and PA remote controlled.