Red Eye and Lawfares

One of my favorite shows is Red Eye.  It airs weeknights at 3:00 am Eastern Time on Fox News.  The show follows a panel format, with the host, Greg Gutfeld summarizing stories and asking snide and insulting questions to each member on the panel.  Gutfeld is accompanied by his “repulsive sidekick,” Bill Schulz and ombudsman, Andy Levy.  John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations, is the “President” of Red Eye.  Guests on the show include comedians, people like Paul Mecurio who claim to be comedians, Fox News contributors or anchors, politicians, and, as this post demonstrates, conspiracy theorists.

With this background, consider this recent post by Benjamin Wittes over at Lawfare.  Wittes makes it very clear that Lawfare, a blog about national security and law, is not to be confused with the Lawfare Project, run by Brooke Goldstein.  Wittes had never had occasion to distinguish the two organizations, but Red Eye intervened.

Red Eye is characterized by its informal presentation, with Gutfeld, Schulz, and guests often interrupting each other.  When the set falls silent during a guest’s point, it is a strong indication that something is going horribly wrong.  When Paul Mecurio interjects and tries to stop another guest from digging herself deeper into a hole, you can be positive that something awful is happening.

The one question I have after watching this video and reading Wittes’s reaction is whether Andy Levy, the ombudsman for the show, corrected Goldstein’s rant.  Levy conducts a “Post-Game Report” (formerly the “Halftime Report”) where he corrects the often numerous errors made by Gutfeld and the panelists.  Sometimes he goes out of his way to ridicule people who are not on the show.  I would be very surprised if Levy did not reply to Goldstein’s comments, and if I manage to find a video of this response, I will make sure to post it.