>> shannon: and these days, i feel like all of us have to be super skeptical, richard. when something passes on the wires, the a.p. we generally believe it and respect it. even we had to hesitate and say something about this just doesn't sound right. how important is it for the media to have that sniff test to think about it, or do you think, would you admit, there is some motivation to, anything that sounds negative or crazy for this administration, some people want to run with it? >> this is a tough, tough place for the media and the white house. here's the truth. the truth is that the job of the media is to report information. if they received what seems to be some sort of leaked document they have a responsibility to release that to their viewers. >> but without backtracking -- >> wait a second, i was going to say, with that being said there should be double sourcing and triple sourcing. the a.p. didn't do it in this particular situation, unfortunately. this brings to us a larger problem, i said this over and over again, but donald trump is now the head of this government. it's prudent upon donald trump