Idiots’ Delight: Geraldo Rivera

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Usually I like to spotlight three “worthy” contestants for my coveted monthly award. And even then, it’s difficult. As a good friend of mine is so fond of saying: “So many stupid people, so little time.”

Geraldo Rivera: It’s hard to believe that at one point in his career, Rivera was actually a respected journalist. His 1972 investigative work on the abuses that were going on at the Willowbrook State School earned him a Peabody Award. From there his career has spiraled downward to the point where now he is below even the likes of Jerry Springer.

Rivera said, "I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was."

If Martin had been white and wearing a hoodie, would he have been shot? Of course he wouldn’t have.

It’s not the hoodie; it was never the hoodie. It was the young man wearing it. This wasn’t just a murder; it was a lynching. And the real crime here – other than Geraldo Rivera’s feeble attempt at journalism and his equally half-assed attempt at an apology – is that the mope who committed this heinous crime still hasn’t been arrested.