Fox News’ The Five Goes Off on Jussie Smollett Media Coverage: The ‘Press Orgy’ Attracts Hoaxes
EXCERPT:
GUTFELD: "Loved her in Juno. Meanwhile, we kept quiet. Sure, the idea of Trumpers wandering in subzero Chicago at 2:00 A.M. carrying bleach and a noose, attacking some actor from a show they don’t even watch, without taking his phone, wallet, or sandwich? Seemed about as real as me joining The View. But Smollett was the perfect victim for media that deems any skepticism heresy. That’s why these hoaxes are not rare. It’s the press orgy that attracts them. Now looking dumb, the media circles its wagons. At CNN, they claim that only the celebrity press fell for this. Oh, yeah? Try CNN, The Washington Post, The LA Times, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast. They are terrible. Rolling Stone, Slate, ABC, poor Newsweek. They ate it all up. CNN says Smollett’s actions set back the movement. No, it didn’t. Maybe it set back the hoax crime movement and that’s good. Perhaps the media might think first so it will have fewer hoaxes but don’t count on it.”
