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Like they have a fidelity to what they might describe as a moral truth, a higher truth. racism run amok in the united states of america, it was founded upon racism, and it doesn't matter how many lies you have to tell or how many lives you have to sacrifice -- in this case, that would be kyle rittenhouse -- to serve that higher moral truth, and they're willing to do so. and they did tell lies, you know, that he's a white supremacist, zero evidence. that he crossed state lines with an ar-15. he didn't do that. i had lunch with a friend yesterday who consumes what we would call mainstream media....

Statements. here the statements were malicious, repeated, they continued to occur even after the verdict. there's no excuse for it. howard: obviously, not just cnn. you also mentioned the new yorker and other news organizations. but with all of that -- and mistakes were made, and maybe it's more than just mistakes, but the tone and the attitude of the coverage -- isn't vigilantes a pretty strong word? >> no, i don't think. vigilante is somebody who wants to impact the outcome of a case, to put the elbow on the scale of justice without any basis at all. i was using the term only because they us...

♪ howard: in the days before a kenosha jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse, judge bruce schrader unloaded on the coverage. >> when i talked about problems with the media when in this trial started, you're there in part because of grossly irresponsible handling of what can comes out of this trial that's really quite frightening. howard: joining us now from new york, alan dershowitz, author of the book "the case for vaccine mandates." you were ripping the coverage saying that cnn and other networks were acting like vigilantes. explain. >> this is the worst case of coverage of a criminal trial in m...

Though the facts didn't fit the scenario and the narrative. howard: right. i don't have a problem with people criticizing aspects of the trial, but it was more like this sends a terrible message to americans, to other people who might take the law into their own hands. you felt so strongly about the evidence of self-defense that you said this should never even have gone to a jury trial. but in a way, isn't it a good thing, the fact that it was televised, that people got to see the details so they understood why he was found not guilty on all counts? >> yeah. thank god for live coverage of tria...

A not guilty verdict but somehow admirable, which i find repelling. >> yeah. as they talk to the media, should the rittenhouses be concerned about potential civil suits? >> i think they should be very concerned about that. just to refresh people's memory with the o.j. simpson case. he was acquitted of murder, as everyone remembers, and then the family sued and received a very large damage judgment because it's a civil proceeding has a lower standard of proof. jail is not on the table. so i think the victims here might well sue rittenhouse for civil damages, you know, whether thfrp ultimately r...