everybody forgets. they seem to be winning at it. your thoughts, dan rather? >> i don't think they are winning at it, chris. short-term it may work. this is where the role of the press gets so important. the press needs to be steady. see it as an honest broker of information. when he changes his tune, lies, there is no other word about what his position is. this is where the press has to be oak and iron of continually pressing the point and demanding answers and respectfully and not settling for him to just operate this propaganda machine of it doesn't matter what i said before. it doesn't matter. this is a vital role of the press. i don't think that long-term