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Bloggers, are they able to benefit from shield laws. what do we do, in yemen, and everybody in al-qaeda who says many' a journalist account, and twitter account and contributing to al-jazeera or al-qaeda tv. this has to be sorted out otherwise it's going to keep happening. and we're in a situation where the combat and the journalist and the innocent civilian are probably within a few yards of each other and who gets killed? >> and also this week, lord justice brian levinson, the phone hacking scandal of the british tabloids and news of the world, a now closed paper, formerly owned by the paren...

Politicized all journalists risk ending up as collateral casualties because they're working adjacent to outlets viewed of perveyors of propaganda. legitimate fear there? >> no, i don't think it is. i mean, i think these are some pretty-- look, i'm not somebody who i think is considered assume pro israel person, not anti-israel, but not one who will apologize for everything they do and i think this, this crosses the line in terms of accusations. i think it's fine to criticize some for humanitarian problems and so on, but i think this goes far and as judy said, the evidence to back it up, and i ...

Bloggers, are they able to benefit from shield laws. what do we do, in yemen, and everybody in al-qaeda who says many' a journalist account, and twitter account and contributing to al-jazeera or al-qaeda tv. this has to be sorted out otherwise it's going to keep happening. and we're in a situation where the combat and the journalist and the innocent civilian are probably within a few yards of each other and who gets killed? >> and also this week, lord justice brian levinson, the phone hacking scandal of the british tabloids and news of the world, a now closed paper, formerly owned by the paren...

Administration was wrong in its response. >> a lot of people overreacted including people in my administration, and part of the lesson that i want everybody to draw is, let's not assume the worst of other people but let's assume the best. let's make sure that we get the facts straight before we act. >> facts. that's an issue. joining me now is an expert on what a fraud andrew breitbart is. eric but lert, senior fellow at media matters. eric is mr. breitbart even an accredited journalist or just a hacker. >> well, that's a good question. we might have to deal with that if shirley sherrod goesÃ...

House in the past week. they pulled out hard drives. they pulled out his american express bill, checks. his cell phone. they pulled out all of that trying to get to the bottom of this. it's becoming a serious caper. it is pretty interesting though. i mean, was it illegal. he's saying, jason chen is saying i'm a journalist. you can't confiscate anything that i have. using the shield laws. we'll see if a blog ser really a journalist. we're about to see. >> i guess this puts an end to the conspiracy theorist who's thought this this was a big publicity stunt by apple. >> if the police are involved...