i'm when lynn downey came into my office. >> charlie: this comes out of the white house. >> no, i'm talkinga lot of people who talk about this says our approach has caused sources to clam up, and i don't see evidence of that. there's a very interesting poll around the white house correspondents where reporters were asked if their sources were shutting down and 90% said no. >> charlie: do you believe this president has gotten fair coverage? obviously, it depends on the news institution. >> sure. >> charlie: but overall, has this president received fair coverage from the american press? >> i think within the context of the overall coverage, yes. i think that our coverage, you know, i think there are issues about the way the media covers washington in general, about it's all politics, and the sort of hyperintensety of what's the scandal of the day of the week -- i mean, i can't tell you how often i've had reporters say this is the story that's going to bring down the obama presidency. a year ago, there were scandals that, of course, nobody writes about anymore because the sort of approach to t