turned over redacted phone records, just the very line this is maga country, this is something somebody who doesn't know any trump supporters would think that trump supporters during an attack like this would say. it just didn't add up. i'm not saying the press had to say that he was a liar from the get-go. of course it's an allegation. it's very serious. words like alleged, words like reported and then following up to get evidence and facts, that's what the media supposed to do but as we know, they are activists. they are not journalists. they will learn nothing from once again just like in covington being done wrong. >> shannon: buck, you mentioned this caricature of the person. this is what they say. the headline, hate crime hoaxes reflects america's sickness. anyone not blinded by visor panic should have been skeptical of smollett's story from the beginning. he openly harbors an intense hatred for donald trump and his supporters. going so far as comparing them to klansmen. that his alleged attackers perfectly fit this description should have raised eyebrows