is -- james hoeman from the "washington post" did a nice job on this. it really is straight from the roy cohn handbook, always be on the attack, always be the guesser. otherwise you're weak. >> why do you think it's so hard for him to say sorry? >> how about this, because it works. say what you will will the man, he's the president of the united states. how do you think he got where he is, right? notice when he's citing these sources, every time he cites these sources from conservative media outlets, he's reading from the oracles on which his base relies. only when there are no longer any sources from which he can read because the conservative media has shut him out, only then will it become interesting as to what's he going to say now. sean spicer was able to get up there yesterday and read a laundry list of outlets that