bob hart landed in normandy in world war ii, was a progressive, had a wonderful, big heart, his last name is hart also. but he knew that this was are where he wanted to be. he went to ohio wesleyan university and won't this senior thesis on the unfair treatment of the negro soldier in world war ii. that was in 1946. and then 23 years later, he is on the sidelines, leading this all-black high school to the state championship. >> host: why did you wait 50 years to write this? >> guest: i was born in columbus, but left to work on other newspapers, and it wasn't in my consciousness that the high school had won two state championships, and i was home about five years ago, after finishing my thurgood marshall book and i ran into garnett davis who was on the baseball team that year, and we were walking down the street and we were just talking about east high, and similar year, 1968-1969, and that they won this wonderful basketball championship, and the said to me, he said, but, wil way, on the baseball team. we won the state championship that year, too. and i said, no way. and he said, no. w

how dare you and the story without getting proper approval from myself or don lemon or the bob on twitter? hartd i hope he still does. we now live in a panicked state in which social media has made the mob the moral decision maker and all things. forgiveness is banned. apologies marked in careers ruined. the low bar for destruction meets lonely losers with free time can make every dance what are the roman colosseum. there's always fresh meat to be made of someone who screwed up, even a decade ago. the worst of it, companies now cower before basement dwellers who galvanize hysteria, ginning up illusions about outrage. the result h.r. throws employees under the bus rather than stand their ground. hart stood his buddy ken, he makes millions a year so he'll be fine. you won't be so lucky if the mob comes for you. all right, there's no host, juan. should they have a host? >> juan: i don't think it's necessary. obviously it's a lot of publicity for whoever is there but in terms of what you and what all of us experience when we watch, is we want to see the winners. we want to see less yakking anything

. >> reporter: kevin hart was set to follow in the footsteps of bob hope, billy crystal and ellen degeneresd out following controversy over years-old anti-gay tweets. in recent days it seemed like he could be brought back but he put and end to that speculation here on "gma." >> with all this being said and all this controversy and all the ways you addressed it, is there hope you would host the oscars this year? >> no. >> absolute no? >> yes, i'm not hosting the oscars this year. >> reporter: what would a host-free oscars look like? it hasn't happened in three decades. >> the last time there wasn't a host on the oscars was in 1989 and that show is remembered as one of the biggest debacles in oscar history as it opened with a huge musical number including infamously rob lowe singing a song with snow white. >> oh, mr. lowe, i'm such a fan. ♪ >> reporter: now 30 years later, the search for a host is becoming fodder for other award shows. >> we are going to have some fun, give out some awards and one lucky audience member -- >> both: will host the oscars! >> let's go back just a couple years. os

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