let me bring in another guest, karen attiah and oliver darcy. karen, you run the global opinion section for "the washington post." how do you think "the times" handled this? >> you know, there's a long-standing norm that we're not supposed to criticize competitors, but -- >> okay. >> no, but -- no, but, in this case, this was a case where i was very vocal about even this notion, right, that tom cotton doesn't have any other platforms to make some of these assertions. he's a sitting lawmaker. there are other platforms. as an opinion editor, opinion journalism is still journalism. it's still through fact-checking, you make your argument but it needs to be based in fact and not mischaracterize reality in order to fit your agenda. so, you know, in this case, when people say, oh, but let him say what he wants, this is an attack against free speech if we're not letting him write frankly, basically what tom cotton is arguing is largely peaceful protesters, their free expression of anger should be met with force. so, it's interesting to me the people wh