Matt Welch

I guess since 2004, I covered five straight presidential elections. And the press continually lost influence as people discovered that there were more sources out there on the internet that they trusted more because they got tired of hearing the same old canned stuff from reporters who were too friendly with politicians in both parties, but particularly with Democrats, I would say. And

The fact that they get frozen, it's their own fault. It's their own fault for not working and for and for not thinking about the audience first and not their political sponsors.

The fact that they get frozen, it's their own fault. It's their own fault for not working and for and for not thinking about the audience first and not their political sponsors.

The fact that they get frozen, it's their own fault. It's their own fault for not working and for and for not thinking about the audience first and not their political sponsors.

It's unbelievable. My father, who was a reporter, used to tell me that you don't need to go to journalism school, that you could learn the basics of the job in two hours. But in those two hours, probably the first thing that they tell you when you start working in journalism is that the one thing that you cannot do is accuse somebody in print of a crime that they have not been committed for.

It's unbelievable. My father, who was a reporter, used to tell me that you don't need to go to journalism school, that you could learn the basics of the job in two hours. But in those two hours, probably the first thing that they tell you when you start working in journalism is that the one thing that you cannot do is accuse somebody in print of a crime that they have not been committed for.

It's unbelievable. My father, who was a reporter, used to tell me that you don't need to go to journalism school, that you could learn the basics of the job in two hours. But in those two hours, probably the first thing that they tell you when you start working in journalism is that the one thing that you cannot do is accuse somebody in print of a crime that they have not been committed for.

That will get you sued 100 times out of 100. And the ABC News case, I understand the argument that you can construe that verdict, I guess, if you take a creative interpretation of it as rape, but it's not going to hold. He wasn't convicted of rape, and it wasn't a criminal case either. The most you can say is sexual assault in that case.

That will get you sued 100 times out of 100. And the ABC News case, I understand the argument that you can construe that verdict, I guess, if you take a creative interpretation of it as rape, but it's not going to hold. He wasn't convicted of rape, and it wasn't a criminal case either. The most you can say is sexual assault in that case.

That will get you sued 100 times out of 100. And the ABC News case, I understand the argument that you can construe that verdict, I guess, if you take a creative interpretation of it as rape, but it's not going to hold. He wasn't convicted of rape, and it wasn't a criminal case either. The most you can say is sexual assault in that case.

And he repeatedly said rape and he clearly knew what he was doing. So that that's why they settled in the 60 Minutes case. They settled because they did something embarrassing and they didn't.

And he repeatedly said rape and he clearly knew what he was doing. So that that's why they settled in the 60 Minutes case. They settled because they did something embarrassing and they didn't.

And he repeatedly said rape and he clearly knew what he was doing. So that that's why they settled in the 60 Minutes case. They settled because they did something embarrassing and they didn't.

Right. Exactly. And to your point about 60 Minutes falling from its great heights, Walter and I talked not that long ago about the 60 Minutes story about speech in Germany, where they did this extraordinary segment, sort of breathlessly showing how wonderful it was to live in a country where six armed cops burst into your door to arrest you for doing memes. And they don't see that.

Right. Exactly. And to your point about 60 Minutes falling from its great heights, Walter and I talked not that long ago about the 60 Minutes story about speech in Germany, where they did this extraordinary segment, sort of breathlessly showing how wonderful it was to live in a country where six armed cops burst into your door to arrest you for doing memes. And they don't see that.

Right. Exactly. And to your point about 60 Minutes falling from its great heights, Walter and I talked not that long ago about the 60 Minutes story about speech in Germany, where they did this extraordinary segment, sort of breathlessly showing how wonderful it was to live in a country where six armed cops burst into your door to arrest you for doing memes. And they don't see that.

For insulting somebody.

For insulting somebody.

For insulting somebody.

Remember how these people in New York used to wear those OPP hats everywhere? That whole year, everyone was wearing fur OPP hats. I mean, the skull caps, they were amazing.