Editing Firing Line (TV program) (section)

===Episodes===
The first fourteen episodes of the program featured guests representing a variety of sociopolitical ideologies, including Speaker of the House [[Paul Ryan]], Ohio Governor [[John Kasich]], journalist [[Gretchen Carlson]], Senator [[Jeff Merkley]], "the rising star of the political Left", [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]],<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html | title =Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Emerges as a Political Star | last =Newman | first =Andy | date =June 27, 2018 | newspaper=The New York Times | access-date =November 25, 2018}}</ref> and "accidental icon of the conservative movement", [[Jordan Peterson]].<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/jordan-peterson-is-conservative-not-classical-liberal | title =Jordan Peterson is a Conservative, Not a Classical Liberal | last =Arnold | first =Megan | date =August 24, 2018 | publisher =Libertarianism.org | access-date =November 25, 2018 | quote =In speaking of the distinction between conservatives and [classical] liberals in his essay 'Why I Am Not a Conservative,' Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek notes that 'the conservative attitude is a fear of change' and 'a timid distrust of the new as such.' By contrast, Hayek says that a liberal like himself can 'accept changes without apprehension even though he does not know how the necessary adaptations will be brought about.' Conservatives only feel safe 'if [they are] assured that some higher wisdom watches and supervises change.' It almost seems as though Hayek had Jordan Peterson in mind when he wrote the essay.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.pbs.org/show/firing-line/episodes/season/2018/ | title =Firing Line Episodes Season 1 - 2018 | publisher =[[PBS]] | access-date =November 25, 2018}}</ref> Margaret Hoover's interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez earned national and international attention for the latter's comments ranging from the state of capitalism and the unemployment rate in the United States to the State of Israel, which earned Ocasio-Cortez derision at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wrong-several-counts-abou/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong on several counts about unemployment}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/07/16/united-states/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticizes-israel-occupation-palestine|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Israel for 'the occupation of Palestine'|date=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats/index.html | title =Democrats should maybe slow their roll on pushing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as their next big star | last =Cillizza | first =Chris | date =July 18, 2018 | publisher =CNN | access-date =November 25, 2018 | quote =Which leads to moments like this one, which occurred during an interview with Margaret Hoover for PBS' 'Firing Line' in which Ocasio-Cortez gets herself into trouble when she starts talking about the Middle East and referring to Israelis who have settled in the West Bank as occupiers of Palestine. Hoover follows up, smartly, and Ocasio-Cortez begins to talk about an increase in settlements that makes it more difficult for Palestinians to access 'their housing.' Sensing that she is making things worse not better, Ocasio-Cortez admits: 'I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue.'}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url =https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-embarrasses-herself-on-firing-line/ | title =Ocasio-Cortez Embarrasses Herself on Firing Line | last =Warner | first =Liam | date =July 17, 2018 | magazine=National Review | access-date =November 25, 2018 | quote =One widely circulated highlight was Ocasio-Cortez's reference to the 'occupation' of Palestine, which host Margaret Hoover asked her to clarify. She responded by saying that she supposed she was referring to the Israeli settlements in 'some of these areas,' which make it difficult for Palestinians to access 'their housing and homes.' Hoover asked for a fuller explanation but got only Ocasio-Cortez's demurral that she was 'not the expert on geopolitics on this issue.'}}</ref> The former governor of [[New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]] was interviewed in which he referred to the crimes that [[Jared Kushner]]'s father committed as "loathsome".<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/us/politics/chris-christie-charles-kushner.html | title =Chris Christie Says Jared Kushner's Father Committed a 'Loathsome' Crime | last =Victor | first =Daniel | date =January 30, 2019 | newspaper=The New York Times | access-date =January 31, 2019 | quote ='Mr. Kushner pled guilty, he admitted the crimes. So what am I supposed to do as a prosecutor?' Mr. Christie said in an interview on 'Firing Line With Margaret Hoover' on PBS. 'If a guy hires a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, and videotapes it, and then sends the videotape to his sister to attempt to intimidate her from testifying before a grand jury, do I really need any more justification than that?' He continued: 'It's one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted when I was U.S. attorney.'}}</ref> Senator [[Tom Cotton]] of Arkansas declared in his interview that the U.S. could defeat Iran with, "two strikes. The first strike and the last strike."<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/15/tom-cotton-us-could-win-potential-war-with-iran-in/ | title =Sen. Tom Cotton: U.S. could win potential war with Iran in 'two strikes' | last =Vogt | first =Bailey | date =May 15, 2019 | newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] | access-date =June 2, 2018 | quote =Sen. Tom Cotton said Tuesday the U.S. could win a war with Iran in only 'two strikes' amid simmering tensions between the two countries. When asked if the United States could emerge successful from a conflict with the Middle Eastern state, Mr. Cotton said, 'Yes, two strikes. The first strike and the last strike.' 'If Iran struck out militarily against us or against our allies in the region, then I would certainly expect a devastating response against Iran,' the Arkansas Republican said in an interview on PBS' 'Firing Line with Margaret Hoover' show.}}</ref>