MANY PEOPLE ADMITTED THEY MADE SNAP JUDGEMENT BEFORE THESE FACTS CAME IN," GOLDBERG SAID. "BUT IS IT THAT WE JUST INSTANTLY SAY ‘THAT'S WHAT IT IS' BASED ON WHAT WE SEE IN THAT MOMENT AND THEN HAVE TO WALK STUFF BACK WHEN IT TURNS OUT WE'RE WRONG? WHY DO WE KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES?"
"BECAUSE WE'RE DESPERATE TO GET TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE," BEHAR REPLIED, PROVOKING AUDIENCE LAUGHTER. "I THINK THAT'S THE REASON," SHE SAID. "I THINK THE PRESS JUMPS THE GUN A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS GUY THAT WE'RE BASICALLY HOPING THAT [TRUMP'S FORMER ATTORNEY MICHAEL] COHEN HAS THE GOODS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. IT'S WISHFUL THINKING."; IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT OF CANDOR, BEHAR BLURTS OUT THE TRUTH.