IF SENDING IT BACK TO YOU. >> Tucker: HERE'S A STORY FOR YOU, DAVE PORTNOY IS THE FOUNDER OF BARSTOOL SPORTS AND A CULTURAL ICON, NOT ESPECIALLY POLITICAL AND MORE INTERESTED IN STOCK TIPS THAN ELECTION POLLS, BUT HE'S UNAPOLOGETICALLY AMERICAN. HE THINKS YOU SHOULD SAY WHAT YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK IN THE COUNTRY EVEN IF NBC NEWS DOESN'T LIKE IT. SO THAT ATTITUDE, HE MADE DAVE PORTNOY A LEGACY THREAT TO MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY TRULY HATE HIM. THEY DECIDED TO DESTROY HIS LIFE. THEY DISPATCHED A ROBOT REPORTER TO SNOOP AROUND IN PORTNOY'S LIFE. THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR SURPRISING, BUT THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO HUMILIATE HIM. NOW THEY'RE HARASSING HIS ADVERTISERS. THE QUESTION IS, CAN THE BUSINESS INSIDER WHOEVER IT IS SUCCEEDING KILLING DAVE PORTNOY. THAT'S A QUESTION ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN FREE SPEECH SHOULD CARE ABOUT. UP TO ANSWER, WE INVITED DAVE PORTNOY TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND GRATEFUL THAT HE HAS. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. I GUESS THE RULES ARE, THEY DO NOT LIKE YOUR POSTURE, THE COLLEGE OF YOUR GYM, THAT ATTITUDE, YOU DO NOT TAKE ORDERS SO THEY SEND SOME LITTLE ROBOT TO SNEAK AROUND IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, DON'T FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL, BUT PARENS ALL THE STUFF ANONYMOUSLY ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND TRY TO DESTROY YOU? THESE ARE THE RULES NOW? >> EIGHT MONTHS, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS THEY'VE HAD IT IN THE WORKS FOR EIGHT MONTHS. PEOPLE I DIDN'T EVEN NO, PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT ME, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT ASKED ME THIS REPORTER REACHED OUT AND HAD LEADING QUESTIONS LIKE HEY, ANY DIRT ON DAVE PORTNOY? THEY FOUND VIRTUALLY NOTHING IN TWO EXAMPLES I'D ARGUE, BOTH WERE UNABLE TO QUICKLY PROVIDE A PROOF THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH AND BEYOND THAT, NOT ONLY MAKE ABOUT ONE INSTANCE THERE IS ACTUAL POLICE REPORT THAT READS LIKE IT'S FROM THE ONION BASICALLY ACCUSING ME OF GOING TO A LOCAL COOKIE SHOP WITH A DIFFERENT GIRL EVERY FEW DAYS. THAT'S THE GIST OF IT AND HOW THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PUBLISH THIS AND COACHING AND A VERY I GUESS SMART FOR THEM -- THEY NEVER ACCUSE ME OF ANYTHING. THEY LEAD YOU TO WATER AND WANT YOU TO DRINK SENSATIONALISTIC HEADLINES THAT IF I READ ABOUT MYSELF, NOT KNOWING ME LIKE THIS IS A BAD GUY. IF YOU DIG INTO IT, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THERE, THEY REACH OUT TO THEIR -- OUR AVATARS AS YOU SAID, HEY, ARE YOU ADVERTISING WITH DAVE BECAUSE WILL WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT HOW BAD HE IS. WHAT'S THE PROOF? OUR OWN ARTICLE. I OFFERED HIM A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT WITH ME, BUT THEIR CAMERAS, THE RECORDERS, MANY PEOPLE AS THEY WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION SO WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND SAY, HEY, THESE FACTS DIRECTLY DISPUTE WHAT YOU WROTE. THEY WILL NOT DO IT. THEY SAID THAT THEY WON'T EVEN DISCUSS IT. THEY PRINT AND RUN, THEY PRINT AND RUN AND IT'S DISCUSSING. MY LAWYERS HAVE SAID LET IT GO AND DO GO AWAY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT GO BECAUSE THIS BEHAVIOR, I'VE NEVER BEEN ATTACKED LIKE THIS, I'VE BEEN ATTACKED FOR TWO DECADES BUT NEVER ESCALATED TO THIS LENGTH AND FRANKLY IT IS SCARY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO THIS. >> Tucker: WHAT'S INTERESTING, BUT BUSINESS INSIDER WAS CREATED BY A GUY WHO COMMITTED FRAUD TO COME UP AT THIS PUBLICATION SUPPOSED TO BE COVERING BUSINESS AND YOU RUN A BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER WHY YOU, YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING LIKE IT'S NOT A BUSINESS ANGLE DO YOU THINK OF THE DECISION TO TRY TO DESTROY YOU? >> IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE I'M BEING TREATED AS THOUGH I'M A POLITICIAN, POLITICS THE DIRTIEST GAME EVER. I WILL SAY PENN NATIONAL WHICH IS INVOLVED WITH BARSTOOL, THERE'S A LOT OF PENSTOCK, PENSTOCK HAD THEIR EARNING THE DAY THE ARTICLE DROPPED, THE DATA ARTICLE DROPPED, 365 DAYS A NEW YEAR, IT DROPPED THE SAME DAY THE DAY BEFORE THERE WAS PEOPLE BETTING AGAINST PENN. FOR SOME REASON, TONS OF PEOPLE THAT IT AGAINST IT IN THE DAY BEFORE DROPPED AS YOU MENTIONED, HENRY WAS CONVICTED FOR SEC FRAUD AND YOU CAN NEVER TRADE STOCKS THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND HE STILL WORKING PEOPLE'S MONEY. THAT'S THE CEO OF THE COMPANY THAT WROTE THE PIECE. >> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE NOT INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS OR ANY OF THE STUFF, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN, AND WE HAVE SPACE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S UNAPOLOGETICALLY HONEST AND MAY BE NOT FEMINIZED, AND SO I'M
