Zurawik: Parkland’s Hogg Is ‘Smart Enough’ to Know What Will Hurt Ingraham

RUSH TRANSCRIPT So joining ░░░░░░░░ now David Zurawik media ░░░░░░░░ for The Baltimore Sun ░░░░░░░░ Anthony Atamanuik he s ░░░░░░░░ star of Comedy Central ░░░░░░░░ The President s Show ░░░░░░░░ has a special coming ░░░░░░░░ this week David Zurawik ░░░░░░░░ ad boycotts the right ░░░░░░░░ here I m personally ░░░░░░░░ weary of this I ░░░░░░░░ it s dangerous to ░░░░░░░░ these ad boycott attempts ░░░░░░░░ more and more often ░░░░░░░░ this country My view ░░░░░░░░ let s not shut ░░░░░░░░ anyone s right to ░░░░░░░░ Let s meet their ░░░░░░░░ with more speech Let ░░░░░░░░ try to respond that ░░░░░░░░ What s your view ░░░░░░░░ these ad boycotts David ░░░░░░░░ MEDIA CRITIC THE Baltimore ░░░░░░░░ Well Brian I agree ░░░░░░░░ let s meet their ░░░░░░░░ with more speech But ░░░░░░░░ the world of commercial ░░░░░░░░ nothing is more powerful ░░░░░░░░ an advertiser boycott The ░░░░░░░░ commandment is thou shalt ░░░░░░░░ lose your advertisers So ░░░░░░░░ you feel you re ░░░░░░░░ high school student and ░░░░░░░░ of her stature is ░░░░░░░░ you on Twitter look ░░░░░░░░ s two things about ░░░░░░░░ students at Parkland that ░░░░░░░░ fascinate me One they ░░░░░░░░ a great moral authority ░░░░░░░░ most people in the ░░░░░░░░ don t have And ░░░░░░░░ have it because of ░░░░░░░░ they went through seeing ░░░░░░░░ killed and then having ░░░░░░░░ mourn and bury their ░░░░░░░░ and go on with ░░░░░░░░ life That s a ░░░░░░░░ moral authority They re ░░░░░░░░ especially David Hogg and ░░░░░░░░ of the others incredibly ░░░░░░░░ savvy in a good ░░░░░░░░ way So why you ░░░░░░░░ go after someone like ░░░░░░░░ and not expect the ░░░░░░░░ kind of push back ░░░░░░░░ he or she can ░░░░░░░░ doesn t make sense ░░░░░░░░ in a way look ░░░░░░░░ re talking about a ░░░░░░░░ school student He s ░░░░░░░░ enough to know what ░░░░░░░░ hurt Laura Ingraham And ░░░░░░░░ the way you re ░░░░░░░░ right It was almost ░░░░░░░░ week you negotiation April ░░░░░░░░ Same language in the ░░░░░░░░ preplanned vacation that Bill ░░░░░░░░ Reilly left year On ░░░░░░░░ 19th they fired him ░░░░░░░░ that s a chilling ░░░░░░░░ STELTER Yes the thing ░░░░░░░░ right The thing is ░░░░░░░░ Reilly is so different ░░░░░░░░ those were secret settlements ░░░░░░░░ was a national scandal ░░░░░░░░ was really just a ░░░░░░░░ tweet right ZURAWIK Well ░░░░░░░░ you know what I ░░░░░░░░ t you know maybe ░░░░░░░░ s generational But I ░░░░░░░░ if you tweet and ░░░░░░░░ work in the mainstream ░░░░░░░░ you might as well ░░░░░░░░ it on the front ░░░░░░░░ of The New York ░░░░░░░░ You don t get ░░░░░░░░ say it s a ░░░░░░░░ tweet I see that ░░░░░░░░ a lot of younger ░░░░░░░░ Well I took the ░░░░░░░░ down after I saw ░░░░░░░░ people were hurt I ░░░░░░░░ to go no you ░░░░░░░░ it You this is ░░░░░░░░ publishing slander or libel ░░░░░░░░ STELTER She did apologize ░░░░░░░░ She did apologize I ░░░░░░░░ the fact these students ░░░░░░░░ under attack in the ░░░░░░░░ place though proves they ░░░░░░░░ winning proves how much ░░░░░░░░ power they have ZURAWIK ░░░░░░░░ and —