I quite disagree. It's boring when they just say their talking points. The guests are experts in their field, they can handle some pushback and it would be much more educational for the rest of us to hear the answers to the questions we're really wondering about.
It doesn't have to be "implicit criticism", but an open mind doesn't blindly accept stuff, ask for justification.
It doesn't have to be "implicit criticism", but an open mind doesn't blindly accept stuff, ask for justification.