be affected by this hearing and by this appointment. >> yeah. >> i think it's something that when i was on the hill as a communications director, i never would have dreamed of passing on this kind of information. i think there needs somebody to look into this. who was this staffer? >> seeing how it gets in the conversation culture of the country. that sound clip we just played of hugh hewitt, who thinks he is a big academia kind of dude, he said hagel had not disclosed it yet, meaning that he is accepting this as gospel that yes, that chuck hagel does have ties with groups that are very questionable with the united states. i mean, this should be a credibility issue across the board. but the right wing media doesn't play by those rules, do they noaa? >> no, they don't. in fact, this is their favorite kind of tried and true tactic as you ask a question, you make a statement with a question mark