I would encourage people to go to NYTIMES.com and read this column and you can see for yourself.

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.

I try to tell the truth.

I'm in the business of value judgments .

You cannot compare me to somebody who makes apologies for Hitler. And I don't think Putin is comparable.

So that all the people who say, you know, "All the media hates America." A lot of the media does hate America but this is a case of, actually, the press doing its best, I think, to do the right by national security. So good for them.

When you tie [Donald] Trump supporters to those groups [the American Nazi party and the KKK ] that is a slur.