If actor Jussie Smollett’s claim that he is the victim of a violent, racist, and homophobic assault is what it looks like, it’ll be the latest in a long line of fake hate crimes “suffered” by liberal activists.

If Smollett, who is black and gay, did indeed hire two men to “attack” him in the early hours of the morning in Chicago, claiming later that he was assaulted by Trump-supporting rednecks, newsrooms should be asking: What is it that compels left-wing activists to engage in this sort of deceitful and dangerously dishonest behavior? Newsrooms should also be asking whether America has foolishly put a premium on victimhood, incentivizing unscrupulous reward-seekers to allege all sorts of fantastic tales of personal suffering and abuse.