Jerry at one time may have been a quality journalist, he hasn’t been that for quite some time, he is now in effect the guy who yells fire in a crowded theater, face it, the guy has gotten himself tossed out of every “news” organization he ever worked for, this is just one more time.
What most folk won’t see is that everyone of us, me included, has done/said stupid things, and have muddled through those moments with little to no pushback, well at least the luck ones, there is an old saying; “let those without sin cast the first stone” life is complicated folk, Jerry may very well be a good human…,
“Societies that flourish do not reward bad behavior.” They attempt to correct said behavior.