i heard a rumor that nbc newg was followinrt, and i recall, the first time i raised it with him, he goty and he was saying, "this is-- this is ridiculous. "i'm running for president of the united states, what right do they have?" and i just said, "look, it dot matter what you think. "the rules are changing. this is gonna be covered, "and there's no sense arguing about it. things are different." - thd social climate hachanged in terms of how women were viewed and gender norms in society. certainly there had been a rise in feminism, and i what would previously have been seen as out of bounds for reporters to question was not viewed through that same prism of preserving certain traditions or values. there was more of a license to bring up uncomfortable questions and to scrutinize certain aspects of a candidate that they wouldn't have previously done. - all these are churning in the culture, and hart's a guy who can see around all the corners, but the one thing he can't see coming is this cultural shift. hart can kind of be made to believe that someone's gonna care about his peonal life. he