networks. in other words, unbalanced, not fair. he will always not be the establishment media. have a great night. we'll see you tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." you remember last week, when an angry mob ripped a confederate statue from its pedestal and durham, north carolina, as police stood passively by? no matter how you feel about civil war history, it seemed like a significant moment, one of those events that announce the end of one thing in the start of another. in this case, the destruction of america's delicate social fabri fabric. indeed, that is what it turned out toer be. what happened in durham was not the beginning of a slippery slope, it was a ski jump. much of the american left is still airborne. here are some snapshots from the hysteria now in progress.

in baltimore, new orleans, madison, daytona beach, helena, austin, new york, at least two cities in ohio, monuments and statues have been torn down in the past week without deliberation or public debate. in florida, roadway markers have been ripped up and streets renamed. in virginia, the city of alexandria plans remove jefferson davis' name from a major highway. enrichment, the mayor wants to pull down all five statues thats famed monument avenue. in georgia, a democrat wants to blow up three confederate generals carved into stone mountain. at the university of southern california, activists demanded a new school mascot because of the one they have had as its name that is similar to robert robe. lee's favorite horse, not making that up. an asian espn announcer knows the feeling because he was removed for a football game for the same reason. it's not just lee who offends our modern jacobins come up with a man to he surrendered at

appomattox, ironically. on tuesday, new york city mayor bill de blasio was asked if he planned to tear down grant's tomb. the tomb of ulysses s. grant. he indicated that he think about it. new york is conducting a citywide review of all symbols of hate.f that is bad news for that historical figures for the head of the city council is demanding the removal of christopher columbus from what could be soon che guevara circle. the city of chicago, activists torched abraham lincoln statue for the crime of being old and white. protesters are calling for the removal of a george washington's george washington statue. thewa names of presidents jacksn have been stripped. a writer at "device" suggested we had to blow up mount rushmore. the media and the political class agreed with bill de blasio. "a lot of people in the country

feel of their history has been ignored or reference to their history have been tolerated." as a huge instant insurance grs its own story. meanwhile, the rest of the country looks on in on in bewilderment.wi outside of the carefully concluded campus, confederate statues don't seem like an imminent threat. the real issues are economic, as they always are. a huge percentage of this country has no network at all. they are moving backward. at high speed. according to a harris poll, released today, fully 78% of americans say they live paycheck to paycheck. more than a quarterer save no money at all. nearly three quarters are in debt to big banks, and half of those think they always will be. the middle class is getting poorer, and is dying younger, which means that the leaders will fail. there is no clear measure of that. that may account for the renewed emphasis on race politics.

what about my paycheck, you ask? shut up, you respond. racism. norm chomsky is an old left out, old enough to remember when he left cared more about economics. he was onto this in the 1980s. "the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion but allow very lively debate within that spectrum, even encouraged the more critical and dissident views. thatsi gives people the sense tt there is free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range the debate." sound familiar? a professor at the university of marylandnd joins us now. professor, i can't help but suspect that some of this controversy is being stoked by people who don't want to take accountability for their own failures. that's a lot of places aren't touched by the confederacy, detroit, for example. detroit is a disaster and it has

been for generations, and a sad way. i say that as an american. yet, the people in charge of detroit will tell you that the statues in richmond are the problem and that's a lie. when our normal people going to call their leaders to account for their failures and stop hiding behind made up controversies like this? >> i think you are mixing up two different issues. i think there are people who are very concerned about what's going on around the country, and cities like detroit, cities like baltimore. however, we want to symbols in our cities and in our states that show what we want to be as a nation, not only where we have been, but what is it we want to be? those are the things that you should honor and have asked monuments. a monument is different than talking about history. we believe, i think most people believe, that they confederacy orfe christopher columbus are those things, certainly belong in books, they belong in museums. do we want to honor what they have t done? i think that's a different story. >> tucker: i mean, i am partly synthetic to that.

it's it's paid for with public . detroit, you know, there is a building named after the black separatist mayor, coleman young, i would be driven crazy by that. i get it, okay. on the other hand, this is a manufactured crisis. the statues have been here for decades, in some cases, centuries, they are for the duration of obama's two terms. where were you there during that period? >> they've always been problematic. people have always talked about it. for example at my university -- >> tucker: that's not -- >> at my university, we talked about the fact that we wanted to change the names ofta certain buildings, people who wanted to keep the university's segregated for a long time. t it took until very recently for those to change. >> tucker: people have been talking about this stuff -- you're right. they haven't been pulling down statues in the middle of the day. it hasn't dominated msnbc. this is not a conversation we are having.

this is a moral panic. it's out of nowhere. >> i didn't come out of nowhere -- >> tucker: charlottesville happened. it's obvious why the jefferson davis turnpike in alexandria has to have its name changed a week later. so people have fueled this fire and my point is, it's -- i'm not saying it's totally illegitimate, i think it's a real debate, okay? but it's not the core debate, it's not even the same universe as the core debate. >> i think the discussion, often times from people who don't have a certain -- or have have a cen level of privilege, think that it came out of nowhere. it was a thing during the civil rights movement. good, black people -- >> tucker: you know who has no privilege? the kids in detroit. know what the test scores are in detroit? >> let's talk about the kids in detroit. do you have any idea that

betsy devos changed -- >> tucker: oh, i'm sure it's her fault. this has been going on for generations. as of right now, 96% of kids in detroit schools -- 96% -- are not proficient in math. 93 are not proficient in english. you say, people of privilege -- those people have no privilege. people of privilege, including the representatives come with a black caucus, the people who claim to speak for the people, they don't say squat about that. what's the reason? is that betsy devos' problem? >> she is the secretary of education. she should be o concerned with education around the country, particularly in her home state. >> tucker: this has been going on for generations and no one says squat. 100 people are shot and one day in chicago and everyone says, whatever. p but the real problem is the lee at you. i think that's a fair conversation. but it's disproportionate and its cover for the failures of rtthe leadership class, not just democrats.s. republicans, too.

you are playing along with it. >> no, no, no. first of all, i've always spoken about things like education, health disparities, other disparities that we haveio in or society, economic problems. part of the same time -- >> tucker: they are nothing compared to a statue in richmond. >> of course, symbolism matters. >> tucker: it doesn't matter as much as 96% who can't pass a math test? are you joking? >> i say we erect a statue of minister -- inn chicago. would you be okay with that? >> tucker: no. >> why? >> tucker: i don't like him. >> it doesn't matter? t symbols don't matter? >> tucker: that's not the point i am making. symbolism does this matter. symbols actually say a lot about who you are and where you are going. i agree within you. i'm just saying that the moral panic around us is manufactured and it's diverting attention from the fact that the middle class of the country, including black americans, are getting poorer,et no one says anything

about it. and i'm just saying that if you are on the activist left, as you are, maybe you should pay attention to things that actually matter. >> again, if you read my writing and you read the writing of a lot of other scholars and journalists, they have been writing aboutha what's going onn our major cities and they have been talking -- >> tucker: no, they haven't. theyey were like "it's just a legacy." no, these are real -- okay.e' i'm sure that's part of it. but when you have 96 or 97% who can't pass a math or englishot test, there is a lot going on. it needs a thoughtful response. it needs actual leadership. and nobody is stepping up to do that. and it's totally depressing toep me. everyone gets met at the demagogues were diverting attention -- bet mad about the statues, don't pay attention to this! >> i think the statues, again, as we said, i think both issues are issues. again, i would certainly prioritize something like education over the statue -- i don't think you

would. i bet you don't have any idea what to do about that. not that i do, but you are thinking about this stuff. you know what i mean? is having teachers unions making the school better, do you think? >> if we are going to talk about education -- >> tucker: we don't need to. i'm not here to grill you on education. you see the point that, like, there is actual stuff s going o. the country is in trouble and this is just an msnbc democratic caucusms sideshow designed to cloak the reality of it, which is that our leadership class is terrible and they fail. >> i agree. our leadership class is terrible, starting at the top, we talk about the president -- - >> tucker: trump is bad. i agree. [laughs] professor, thanks for joining us. >> any time, tucker. thank you. >> tucker: left-wing thugs, or as they are known on television, peace activist, has been smashing windows, burning buildings, beating people up who disagree with them for months. in just a few days, they'll be in san francisco. so far, their efforts have been

met with almost gleeful coverage from the press and their political allies. thanks to the internet, we know it actually happens at some of these rallies. stuff like this. [boos] >> [bleep] you! [chanting] >> [bleep] you! >> [bleep]! >> no violence! [boos] >> [bleep]! >> because you are the minority! >> [bleep]! [bleep]!

[bleep]! [bleep]! [bleep]! [sirens wailing] >> tucker: davis richardson as a freelance writer and filmmaker who shot the footage, who's got a high tolerance for crowded places with loud noises and he joins us tonight. it was not as chaotic as it looked? >> oh, yeah. it was even worse. there is actually a lot more footage. i had to condense it down into y chaotic and nuts. i was at a loss fornd words. >> tucker: the others weren't. your friends, who were giving you the finger and screaming,

where there is the peace activist? >> yeah, i don't know about peace activists. it seemed very antagonistic, it seemed like a lot of hatred. >> tucker: i am just quoting reuters, i'm sorry. it's in a gust of wire service that informs the american media. they say they are peace activists. >> far from. they were completely antagonizing. at the 20 people who went to their free-speech protest. it was really disgusting, i thought. >> tucker: wait, there were 20 people on one side and all the rest on the o other side? >>ut about 40,000 on the other, correct. >> tucker: okay. the 20 people who were there, and this is a question because i didn't see it, what were they saying? were they saying anything appalling or controversial? >> no. they were holding signs inside that said, "say no to gmos and lives do matter." it was 40,000 people on the other side who had been completely misinformed by the

media, thinking that they are protesting white supremacy. >> tucker: but instead, they werees protesting anti-gmo peop? >> correct. >> tucker: [laughs] i am losing track, davis. i'm confused. so, there were no actual nazis at the anti-nazi rally? >> no. >> tucker: who were they squeaked on mike screaming at? >> i don't know. we live in a very polarized political climate right now. tensions are high in the wake of charlottesville. again, this seems to be completely misinformed, and i was just at a loss for words. >> tucker: wow. it's so nice to have people that were actually there.. they are really screaming out their parents, obviously. you can see that on their faces. i would have had no idea. i was traveling last weekend and i wondered what happened at that rally and so we are gladon to tk to you, who was present. thanks a lot. good to see you, davis. >> thanks. >> tucker: robert e. lee read

led to the armory of northern virginia. robert lee, not the same person, and asian american sportscaster. both are wrapped up in the war over political correctness. one being waged against american history. but his punishing robert lee for something robert e. lee did a good idea? is it fair? could it be a civil rights violation? we'll speak asian american rights group next. also, the aclu is facing accusations of white supremacy because they have a call to put child on their twitter feed. that incredible story straight ahead. only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am.

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>> tucker: an asian american sports announcer called >> tucker: and asian american sports announcer called robert lee is the latest victim of the civil war's 150 year legacy. bridget espn face consequences for punishing him because of his name? john c yang as president of asian americans advancing justice. he joins us in studio. thanks a lot for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: the sky was punished for his name. >> well, this guy was not to broadcast a uva game. for my understanding, he is doing a pittsburgh -- youngstown state game instead. >> tucker: that sounds like punishment to me. it's not what we planned for you to do, but because of your name, we will make you do it. that's not punishment? >> well, i don't know if that will be considered punishment. part of it -- if you ended up getting a different assignment that is lesser, perhaps he could

call it punishment. that part, i don't know. certainly, in the context of the types of games -- the two games being offered, it seems pretty equivalent. >> tucker: i don't know. he i was set to do this one gam, and he's not allowed to because ofec his name. is that a valid reason to punish someone? i don't like your name? [laughs] it sounds like somebody else's name? >> at the end of the day, it's unfortunate that he didn't get to do this game. there is many things -- >> tucker: what do you think the reason is? the reason was, you did bad things at chancellorsville and antietam -- oh, sorry, the other robert e. lee did that. is that ludicrous or an okay president? >> it's unfortunate. no question.de certainly, espn could have handled it better. understanding, i think it was a sensitive decision for them because of the fact that, what happened at charlottesville certainly was very tragic in -- two weeks ago.

in that context, i'm sure there's a lot of things they were thinking about. certainly, as an asian american organization, we thought it was unfortunate because we are trying to get more asian americans both in front of the screen and behind the screen. it seems like this guy did lose an g opportunity to broadcast a based on his name. >> tucker: it so funny. "unfortunate." i think it would be more like appalling, indefensible, craven, disgusting, reprehensible, possibly illegal. those aren't worthth a come to mind? >> they don't. at the end of thet day, we aret in a post-racial society. there are considerations. like i said,d, certainly, whether -- >> tucker: robert e. lee was this general that people now hate -- what does that mean? >> i don't think that is what we are talking about. at the end of the day, it's not as if this guy got fired. we are dealing in a situation, we are in a hypersensitive situation, right?

there was a tragic event in charlottesville. we need to find some way to come together. whether espn and this particular case p that the right thing, i agree with you, where you are going, certainly, they could have made a statement at thehe beginning of the broadcast that said, look, this guy is doing his job, he's not related to robert e. lee if theat confedery of 150 years ago. certainly, there were things that could have been handled better. >> tucker: what if he was the grandson of robert e. lee? of the great, great grandson? with that have disqualified him? let's get to the policy that animates this whole thing on the one that we are losing in america live. we only punish people for things they did. we don't believe in collective punishment. we treat each person is individual. and if you didn't do it, you won't be punished for it. is that a principle we are upholding? >> . treat each person is individual. i think it's important to consider context and history. that is what we are dealing

with. it's bewaree that was a justification for the internment of the japanese, though, wasn't it? just context. >> that is very, very different. >> tucker: on principle? i don't get it. >> in that case, there is no evidence that there was any espionage -- >> tucker: this guy behaved badly at the second battle of manassas, soak -- you know what i mean? >> i hear what you are saying, but we are getting in a different from. we are talking about two different things. we are talking about this individual, robert lee, the sportscaster, what he should have been doing, and what espn should have done. certainly, we could have debated about that, but it's also appropriate to recognize the context that we are living in -- >> tucker: just to be clear, settle down, twitter, i am not comparing what happened to the sky to the internment, i'm merely saying that principle is the same. people are to be punished for

things they personally did not for for people who look or sound like them. >> again, i think there are two pieces to that. one is whether or not robert lee of espn is being punished. >> tucker: no, he is being rewarded. [laughs] >> the second thing is that we do have to consider context, we do have toxt consider -- -- tre when i would rather not. thank you. for many in the left wing twitter mob, the image of this little white girl and the aclu t-shirt is deeply offensive, the face of white supremacy. somehow. tina lashes here next on that. ♪

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account onto my timeline." less than an hour after the original tweet, the aclu reacted to its followers. tweeting this. move over, david duke. a little white girl in an aclu t-shirt, that is the face of oppression. what is going on in this country? joining us now, a person who has been targeted by the twitter mob, dana loesch. what is this? is almost hard to believe it's real. but it's ominous, though. you shouldn't -- reactions like that, you see a picture of a child who whose race you don't like? that makes you angry? you don't want that in your country, i think. >>no no, no! tucker, thanks so much for having me. it's a nonacademic epidemic ofs babies. people are so well, it's the awokening. i saw this take place on twitter. a the aclu puts us up, cute little

baby, girls, little flag, baby onesie that says "free speech." people are saying that the future of america is a white kid with a flag? it goes downhill from there. the aclu had to apologize by saying, well, thank you to our twitter followers for keeping us in check and reminding us that white supremacy is everywhere. so, tucker, we are to assume that the aclu is spreading white supremacy? i mean, it didn't make sense what they said. it made it even worse. >> tucker: that is a thing, though, people are missing right now. the old institutions on the left, the democratic caucus and the congress, the aclu, the big institutions, right? they have lost control of their own followers who have become super radical and crazy and race obsessed and violent and dangerous. they are afraid of these people come too. democrats in congress feel the same way. they're afraid of their own voters because they are wild eyed in "tear it down" mode. >> is entertaining in a way to watch because you have these

groups who have been culpable in creating these online mobs. and these people who engage in rage spirals every time they are confronted with something with which they disagree. now, they can control these people anymore. they can't control the rage mob. >> tucker: wouldn't it be nice to set a baseline agreement, where you are not going to generalize on the basis of people's ethnicity or the way they look? things they can control. it's fine to attack people for the things that they do come of the choices they make. by the things they can't control, maybe you should lay off? that was kind of the operating role for almost all of my life in this country. public, you weren't supposed to do with that. now, it's okay. you notice this? >> no. i have noticed this. it's outcome is incredibly sad. i've noticed that you can't be black and a freethinker. you can't be a woman and a freethinker. in asian and a freethinker. a minority period at a

freethinker. democrats have constructed this idea that they have a patent on sex, skin color, faith, so, they have perpetuated this idea that you are not authentically female, authentically black, authentically democratic, or anything unless you vote for hillary clinton, unless who are progressive, although this. now, this is the reality in which we live. it's like a south park episode. we are all living in an "south park" episode. thanks much the progress of people who agree to these rage t mobs. thank you, guys, so much. >> tucker: but there is a purpose behind it. i am becoming convinced of it. this is not random. it may spin out of control and going to places we don't expect, but fundamentally, this is a t diversion away from the core reality, which is that people in charge have done a really bad job running the country. they have gotten rich doing it. the rest of the country has become mired in economic stagnation and drugs. so by making it all about race, and oh, you should be mad that people don't look like you, it

both people's attention away from their failures. that is really what is going on here. >> that is exactly it, tucker. ifif we can keep everyone focusd on identity politics and white racist babies with the aclu, then, congress doesn't have to answer as to why we don't have budget't reform, where his tax reform, wears national reciprocity, why is everybody fighting and we are not getting anything done? where is the portable? why is it we have debbie wasserman schultz on this whole scandal with enron? the list goes on and on. it keeps them from having to answer to any of the stuff and that is exactly what they want. everybody can sit here and think that they are holding the men accountable by engaging in this. no, you are being fooled by the manfo again. they are going right along with it and taking the bait. >> tucker: [laughs] that is totally true. you are doing the bidding of the man -- amen. i agree with you completely. thanks a lot for coming out tonight. it was great. >> good to see you, tucker. >> tucker: good to see you. and google, the most powerful company in history of the world,

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i am sure a lot of our viewers are from a a beer with you from youtube, so it's a big deal. you are probably here, your account was suspended. if you have any idea why? >> no. i've heard conflicting reports from people who've emailed me within google, ranging from thoughts that had something to do with the political content to an administrative error. it's not clear at all why it occurred or why i was turned backcu on, although it did happn after i released a number of tweets documenting what had happened.. so i don't think that was a fluke. i have no idea. that is part of the frightening part, is that, yes, i could bee shut off, i have no idea why. they turned me back on. i have no idea why. it's not a trivial matter with all sorts of things happen. >> tucker: because there aren't options. google is, in effect, a monopoly, both in search and really, in its ownership of

youtube, if you were cut off, what with that mean? you would not be able to disseminate your views. >> it meant a lot of things. my calendar was gone, so i had no idea what i was doing for the next two months. i have all of my emails for the last ten years on that account. all of the emails i haven't answered. i couldn't get access to my youtube videos.es it was a big deal. it was very stressful. the arbitrariness of it is quite frightening, and estimation. it is something for everybody to be aware of. partly come as a consequence of this rapid technological revolution. you turn technology over to corporations, they will make mistakes and if it was a mistake, that is actually fine with me. but it was it not handled welle because i was never informed about what happened or why it ws rectified. it w also makes -- raises suspicions, right? maybe it was an error. but the fact that things have been happening in such a strange

way politically, brings up the specter of censorship. >> tucker: we know that google engages in censorship. google, by its own admission, it's obvious, sensors it's search results. certain ideas are eliminated by google. what are the implications of having a country like google, that is in effect more powerful than most governments? >> i don't think we know what the implications are. the thing that frightens me, whatever political ideology google is pushing forward, it's likely to be written into their code, and will serve to automatically filter our communications. that's undoubtably happening. i am very worried that we are building an unconscious mind into the internet that will sensor thanks before they even happen, so to speak, and that is very bad. it is not something that anybody

really foresaw coming, i don't think. >> tucker: is not sustainable. the basic agreement in any society is you can't be more powerful than the government, right? they are more powerful than the government in certain ways. why would our government stand for that? >> i'm not sure that the government knows what to do. part of the problem is the technology is advancing so quickly that something as ponderous as the government can hardly keep up. the ten companies themselves can keep up. once you formulate policies, one of the problems is, the technology immediately leaps out of that policy bucket and wandersan off somewhere new, almost instantaneously. >> tucker: that's right. > it's very, very difficult r regulators to get up with this sort of thing. >> tucker: it's ominous. i'm glad you are back on, i hope you will come back. it's an honor to meet you and hope to see you again. >> thanks very much. >> tucker: for for a philanthropist has a plan to bring americans together. he'll pay for a free copy for anyone who takes the time to meet up with someone they

disagree with. he spoke to us about his plan last night. watch. >> tucker: you are not just asking that people have coffee with people they kind of disagree with, peoplest should find someone they disagree with completely? >> [laughs] guessy what. rick invited van jones and laura ingraham invited rachel maddow. how do you like that? i hope they accept. we'll have a lot of fun stories to comee out of this where peopa realize, if you get to know someone on a personal basis, it's very hard to be angry and mean. wewe have to be more careful abt throwing this word hate around. >> tucker: we hope you will take him up on his offer. nothing improves relationships like personal contact. robert lee is an asian american sportscaster. robert e. lee is a confederate general. reuters thinks they are "doppelgängers." we'll talk about that next.

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>> tucker: we're only two weeks in the nfl preseason. many of >> tucker: only two weeks from the nfl preseason. however, many of the league's richest players have gone out of their way to let you know how much they hate their country. a dozen member of the cleveland browns refused to stand for the national anthem because racism or something. in doing so, they lost a fairly prominent fan,n, ohio supreme court justice bill o'neill, a democrat, by the way, a vietnam veteran. he took to facebook to say this. "congratulations, cleveland browns, on your win. unfortunately, my season ended last night. i will never attend a sporting event where the draft dodging millionaire athletes disrespecte a veteran who earned the right to be on that field.

shame on you all." does justice o'neill speak for all american football fans? i don't know. probably many more than colin kaepernick does, though. espn punished an asian american announcer named robert lee for his name. reuters referred to left-wing writers as "peace activist." "the new york times" is furious of "the wall street journal"'s editors are demanding fair reporting and that's just this week ask and america's press corps! wow! too much for a single television segment. we can cover this for an entire week. joe contra covers this for a living and he joins us now. there is a lot going on. there are so many peace activists. [laughs] that is just propaganda. that is not even news reporting. is that? >> peace activists usually don't throw urine bottles at police or rocks or get arrested. once you start causing violence

or damage, tucker, you are no longer a protester. you have become a riot. we have to start categorizing these things correctly. give reuters credit, we criticize but we condemn. an hour after my story went up on "the hill" about this, they sent a correction to me, they said we have change the caption of the photo, which inaccurately characterizes these protesters. good job, reuters. >> tucker: good for them. so, the robert lee story, i thought was one of the great stories ever because it c confirmed exactly what you long suspected, which is these people are totally insane andre irrational. the coverage of it seemed to downplay it. the craziness. >> journalists are entering their homework here, tucker. i did. i think i can break something out here tonight because it hit me on the way and when i read john skipper statement, the president of espn. he said, part of the decision to agree to be pulled off the game was because he lives in albany and to be able to get home to

his family on saturday evening, if he does the game at the university off pittsburgh.. then, i went to google maps and i looked at the distance between pittsburgh and albany and that is 480 miles. 460, excuse me. from charlottesville in virginia, if you do the game there, it is 480 miles. m you say, maybe he can fly? t i called the airport and they said, well, there are no nonstop flights from pittsburgh to albany, nor are there from virginia. espn has a max planing to do on that front. >> tucker: punishing the guy because his name is embarrassing. t that is exactly how you shouldn't behave ever with your employees. what do you make of this story about "the new york times" running a piece about the editor of "the wall street journal" scolding his reporters for not ot trump rally? he seemed to be scolded by the left for demanding street news coverage. >> he was saying and strata news reporting that there was too

much editorializing going, too much selective criticism. "the new york times" obtained these emails from "wall street journal" reporters as if it is some big bombshell that an editor looked at a reporter who is supposed to be objective, and said, you've got to take this out. it's too much on the editorial side. let'sis play it straight here, wow. the fact that that is theha exception rather than the rule is remarkable to me, tucker. >> tucker: it is remarkable. what is extrovert remarkable is you don't see it happening in other papers. i don't see any other -- and i don't know joeon baker come by e way, i'm not carrying water for the guy -- but i have never seen any other editors say to their reporters, just tell the story, jesse wouldpp happen, keep your editorializing out.e >> the line between straight news reporting and opinion has been obliterated. you see anchors, people are supposed to play it straight, now giving their feelings on a particular topic because they think it is good for the country, and their mind, no one

wants to know their opinion. they just want the facts and the fact that baker is being criticized for that is deplorable. >> tucker: really quick, 20 20 seconds, since you are watching tv all day long, did the rush or story disappear or is that my imagination? >> before he went on vacation, it wasn't the biggest story of our lifetime. now, i can't seem to find any coverage on it. it really is quite remarkable. >> tucker: it's weird.d. what a fickle group they are. joe, thanks for joining us tonight. good to see you. we'll be right back. number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. and all day, all night protection. when it comes to heartburn, trust nexium 24hr. .

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see the sworn enemy of smugness and "the five" is next. have a great evening. >> hello, everybody i'm jesse watters with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams and this is "the five." we begin tonight with a disturbing and dangerous questioning of his ability and he still won a clear victory in the electoral college over hillary clinton but it hasn't stopped the opposition from hurling am --