of the list. abby: this article sparked our attention, brian. a notre dame professor. so he makes an outrageous claim. he says there is a similarity between soldiers and the media. here is what he said. we thank soldiers for their service because they devote themselves to protecting our freedoms and we should. we should also thank the media for the same reason especially when the stakes have never been higher. that is making the rounds. ben shapiro had his own reaction. here is what he says in response. >> so many members in the media who seem intent on treating the media as a separate class from the rest of americans. this is what americans are responding to. the media don't seem to care when americans are attacked on a regular basis by politicians or when media members attack regular americans on regular basis. real interest lies in self-protection not in standing um for the american people. this is a serious problem. steve: and why is our press free? because the men and women who wear the uniform every day to give us those rights to be able to here at the