0 gavin mcginnis is a media cri c critic. what gets in their heads? >> they're just out 6 touch with the average american and they think that they need to get in there and regulate us all. because i feel like they never built a business, they have a liberal arts degree, journalism degree. they don't run the numbers. >> that's a good point. anybody who has tried to build something, a building or a business, they wake up to regulation. reporters most have never built anything. >> i notice they took the comment section down from the web page at that news station. you call the reporter up and gave her some heat, i hope, and she said -- >> she seemed dubious. my questions, she returned more questions. i mean, these people, she wouldn't answer the question -- she wanted to know what my thine scared of being exposed. they're less likely to go on the witch hunts when you call their name. >> so undercover dinner parties. on to another scare, julia roberts won ap-oscar portraying erin brockovich. >> it could be harmful. >> so it kills people. >> they dream about being al to watch their kids swim in a pool without worrying that they will have to have a hysterectomy at the age of 20. >> this was about a chemical leaked from a california power plant that was supposedly causing cancer. but it turned out it probably wasn't causing cancer. the registry studied cancer rates and found no cancer in excess. people fall for this because it's intuitive to think being near a power plant is probably bad. or all this pollution and burning plastic is probably bad, or being stressed must lead to cancer. but when you talk to experts in the field, you go really smoking is the only thing you can do to change your genetic makeup. you h. otherwise li otherwise live wherever you want. >> lawyers made $100 million off of it despite no evidence. but i give the real eric brockovich credit. she and her lawyer boss called me an idiot at a corporate chill, but i invited her on this program and she came. californians have to pay more for electricity to pay off all these lawyers. it looks like a scam to me. >> it was definitely not a scam. i have to tell you in this instance with pacific gas and electric and being in the process from the agabeginning t the ended, it was a willful egregious intentional conduct on their part. they knew that chemical was a poise on that. >> the chemical is a poison, but for the record, they studied 50,000 people who worked at the power plant who were exposed more, and they were healthier bar it in. >> here is a sample of the media freakout. >> the new winner is facing fierce backlash. some people calling her a foreigner, even a terrorist. >> she is coming face to face with racism. >> racist comments began flooding the internet. one person tweeting, great, miss america is a terrorist. >> fierce backlash. >> i looked that woman up, she has zero followers. she's a little kid. if you look up i hate babies, you'll find dozens of kids just saying that. twitter is full of rhetoric. >> so why does the media do this? >> there is a million theories, but i think that culpability is not sexy on tv. >> saying you're responsible. >> and even though it's what made our culture great, it's who we are as a nation, it makes people feel better to say it's not their fault, they're a victim of circumstance. >> one last example of media people wringing their hands about victims is the recent concern over kids being bullied. queens in may i read a story about a girl who did commit suicide as a result of bullying going on in her school. it turned out the administration was not doing proper follow up, the parents had tried to reach the administration and alert them to the problem. that's the kind of journalist tiic coverage that can help the issue and cause parents to say hold on, let me ask my kids some key questions. >> what about the media saying it's on the increase. they don't know. >> look, i think in some cases the media can create victims and sort of label things as bullying and label things as really serious bullying that aren't necessarily. but there are cases where it is serious. and particularly now with the internet age where we have facebook and twitter and you have cyber bullying, schools do have a responsibility. >> an overweight tv anchor was praised by the media, she got on the "today" show, because after she got a letter from a viewer who said you're a bad example for kids, should you take care of yourself, she complained about his bullying. >> there are children who don't know better, who get e-mails as critical as the one i received or in many cases even worse each and every day. the internet has become a weapon. >> come on, she's a hero? the guy just said should you take care of yourself. you're not a good example. >> this is an example in my opinion of hypersensitivity. >> this keeps happening. we declare epidemics without running the numbers. yes, it's tragic that a kid killed himself or herself. but compare to bee stinstings. >> but hundreds of americans are killed running into deer. >> that is true. >> let's quantity guy the people who weren't bullied. when you put a protective layer around them and you coddle them, they're not prepared for the real world. >> but now we have the internet >> how many channels? >> 101. >> how many? >> 101. you can prevent gas with beano meltaways, or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas.

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