Hewitt has this weird thing where he asks every one about Alger Hiss and the Looming Tower.
Hewitt is a big blowhard pretender and anti-conservative, though he hides that to some degree.
Those are actually excellent litmus tests for Leftists. If one is unable to admit that Hiss was proven to be a Communist spy, or worse, doesn't know who Hiss was, it is a dis-qualifier for discussions of journalistic integrity. And if one has not read The Looming Towers, it is a dis-qualifier for discussions of Islam and American foreign policy.
It would be like discussing the New Testament and being unfamiliar with Pontius Pilate.