A few days ago, the leader of the free world said, "Quiet piggy!" to a female reporter who was asking a legitimate question. I have some thoughts, but we're going to take the long way there.

Remember the 1988 movie " Die Hard "? Don't worry, we're not going to debate whether it's a Christmas flick (people still argue about that, right?).

Instead, I want to focus on the TV news guy who's at the scene of the heist/hostage situation throughout the film. He's played by William Atherton, who, for at least three decades, was the guy you went and got if you needed a character for the audience to hate. In "Die Hard," he plays the absolute worst, over-the-top stereotype of a nefarious talking head imaginable. He sensationalizes things, unwittingly helps the terrorists gain leverage and puts t

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