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Profile and this can go back to the uva rape case falsely reported at stone, the new york city subway system. i think it's important to put both things in perspective while liberals sometimes rush to judgment on the other side. joining me now charles blow, l.j. grammarson, and john mcwarter and contributing editor for the atlantic. it's great to have you all here. l.z., let me begin with you. we heard there was so much attention given to this one case and not nearly enough on the shootings in chicago or the other hate crimes borne out in the country. but you ought to recognize two things.

Or the uva rape case that "rolling stone" wrote about. they have been granted anonymity by the media, and that anonymity allows the light to persist, and across to people and direct their lives. my question is, i should be about the media to go along this, why should be granted one side anonymity? >> i think this is really incumbent on the journalists here to be extremely comfortable in their betting processes, and obviously the uva story and "rolling stone" was a huge example of an anonymous source gone awry, but it is really on the journalist to do extensive vetting to cooperate and fact che...

Years ago, wouldn't you say, kind of hard to respond unless i know who the person is? there is a kind of unfairness about that, and i think we should be honest enough to admit it.a >> you can focus on that unfairness, but you could focusi on the fact that this is not ont isolated incident of one accusation against al franken. it's one of which there is photographic evidence, there are people on the record, there is cooperation from various sources. if this were one sort of random person who we had no reason to believe based on other circumstances, i might be more upset about this. >> tucker: a...

And all he did was attack her instead of attack the issue. >> what he was getting at, and perhaps his style was a little more aggressive than you would like, what he was getting at is how unfair it is for the media to hear an accusation that has absolutely no evidence and no witnesses behind it and splash it across the front page of the "new york times" or up on a television screen without even telling the public the viewers and the readers that this accusation comes with no evidence. that's what happened -- >> with all due respect. that was the same thing that the folks over at bill cosby -- ...

Journalism to lump sean penn in with them. you and gayle have both talked about this robin hood-like figure, it's such a glamorization, but still looking at heinous charges, murder and tons of other capital offenses. i don't like that glamorization. "rolling stone" coming off the virginia/uva rape case, they have a credibility issue they're still trying to rebuild. i doint think this does them any favors. >> he was proven guilty. he was in prison. and i criticize this if it's done with a politician, but giving this criminal essentially veto power of the article. "rolling stone" said he doesn...