now detained in guatamala with nowhere to hide, john mcafee decided to talk to us, though it must be seem to relish the prospect. >> here's the problem. you have a deadline, right? and your deadline is always now because the news has become immediacy. immediacy. your job is to get the news out before your competition. well, that makes your deadline infinitesimally small. can you possibly get any inkling of the truth in that infinitesimally small space? >> reporter: no, but you can when you research things as we do. >> all we do, all the folks do is research everybody else. "new york times" said this, cnn said this. >> reporter: but this is really a question. the whole point is that this is a story about a murder. >> for you it's a story about a murder. for me it is not. >> reporter: it was interesting, for a man who once used the media to such personal advantage, john mcafee seemed to resent the press now that he was in custody in guatemala. >> what sells in the news? sensationalism. a crazy man on the run is far more sensational than a political problem. >> reporter: right. and you