It's just Hubris
Thats why Q was always managed on the show; like " I have same sources and they say that Q is this guy and sometimes they give intel to him etc. "
AJ had to have Q in a box
When the open ended statement came about; they reacted out of hubris.
I do not go so far to say that all of IW is garbage; but one thing AJ does is ad hominem, outrageous rants, interrupts his guests etc… That same energy that made him popular pisses people off; pisses me off.
Some people think its worse than that. In this case I now look at everything they do with same scrutiny as MSM and I should have done that all along.