I actually thought AJ had alot of important things to say back when he was first starting out, but he's developed his shtick and it's entertainment value only at this point.
bingo.
I think it's wrong to completely discredit him because he does speak alot of truth, BUT, just like you said, he's discovered the same thing that government has known for a long time, and that is to tell people what they want to hear for his own benefit. put it this way, he brings up alot of truly important issues and factual stories, but that only makes up about 10-15% of his content, and the rest is just rah-rah-rah hype and rabble-rousing. just like most of us, I took him far more seriously back when I first started waking up but after a while I started seeing through the bullshit. I don't believe that he
lies, but he does have a bad habit of taking something insignificant and blowing it up to make it look like the sky is falling.
I still watch him on youtube on a regular basis, but just like so many other things, you have to take it with a grain of salt and don't take his word for gospel. (or maybe even a few pounds of salt) He's not much different from the MSM in the sense that you must vet his stories for yourself before you can take them seriously.