..., calling it a "no-win situation"

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/robin-roberts-jussie-smollett-empire-gma-interview

“I’m a black gay woman; he’s a black gay man,” Roberts said at an event Monday. “He’s saying that there’s a hate crime, so if I’m too hard, then my LGBT community is going to say, ‘You don’t believe a brother.' If I’m too light on him, it’s like, ‘Oh, because you are in the community, you’re giving him a pass.'” ALSO: Smollett cracked a joke about bail in his Drop the Mic episode taped before alleged hate crime (https://theblast.com/jussie-smollett-drop-the-mic-video/).

If Robin lets her personal identity influence what questions she asks of an interviewee, then she shouldn’t be a journalist.

I thought Smollett’s story smelled funny from the beginning, and her softball interview with him was shameful.