of doing the job, he wouldn't have announced his nomination in the first place. >> reporter: just since you brought up being taken out of context, it seems to be a press-related question. are you trying to say this administration is a champion of a free press? >> i certainly think as i stated a moment ago, we support a prepress but we also for a fair press and i think those things should go hand in hand and there's a certainly responsibility by the press to report accurate information. >> reporter: is there a responsibility on the part of the president? >> i think people do their best every day to provide fair and accurate information. it's one of the reasons i'm standing here taking your questions and a lot of times taking your questions in a tone that's completely unnecessary and, unneeded and frankly doesn't help further the conversation or help the american people get any more information in a better way, which is your job and my job and