history of the united states. i also have to say, i have a hard time with that story because i just feel, i ve heard you say this. you tried to be curious, not judgmental. when you dig into that story and find out the context of what happened to her 30 years ago and where she had said those hurtful words and to whom, i just felt like the way that she was roasted and the way her career imploded was completely unfair. so maybe i m making an argument for you, brian. that was a sad story to watch. and that wasn t a fun implosion. i kind of felt a little sorry for this. it clearly affected her emotionally. if you put that up side by side with alec baldwin and that implosion, that was so much more entertaining. in terms of ill motion, i have to go with camden one. i m going on let you join in. i hate to see bad things to anybody, anything. we haven t heard from paula deen
public. robertson stood by his comments and his fans stood by him. one online petition to have him reinstated surpassed its goal of gathering 250,000 signatures and a & e ran a duck dynasty marathon on christmas day. joining me, our senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources, of course. this is a big topic on your show last sunday. we ve been talking about this. this is more than just a television show. this particular story, brian, struck a cultural nerve. how is a & e justifying its decision? they are trying to do that with a five paragraph statement that said, well, well, the family acknowledged some of his words and well, we re going to put on a psa campaign with commercial that s promote tolerance. the truth is there is not a lot they can say. they say duck dynasty is not a show about one man s views frlg
all week we re looking at the highs and the lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months and sure, everybody has their opinion but tonight i m getting the final word of the biggest implosion of 2013. that was very thurston howell of me. i ll make the picks based on the opinions of my panel. and here to make their case, the smartest guy i know, brian stall tir. the dapper joe, the founder of inspire 52.com, the ever lovely and gorgeous mel robins, and then the guy who is like, on gilligan s island before they had professor and maryan, and the rest, dino, from the daily weist. i have a name for everyone except dean. and there s dean. let s start with the lady this time. what do you think the biggest implosion of 2013 was, melee