jussie smollett seems like an imbalanced character. what about all the figures that carried his water and never really apologized? i'm not saying they should be fired or anything, but shouldn't someone admit, we went along with the hoax? >> and maybe they could hold back a little bit on social media in particular. i think that -- especially in the smollett case more than their reporting. that was where too many journalists, writers, pundits blurred the line between objective reporting and sort of advocacy. that's where you see the media in the activist corner. obviously the things they're tweeting aren't being approved by editors. they're not as cautious and calculating as their stories. i think social media has maybe allowed too many a journalist let the map flip and reveal they have these deep seeded biases that often go unchallenged and has contributed to a loss of