If reporters can't trust the information that they're getting from the press secretary, if they don't feel like they're getting real, honest, true facts, then it makes it much harder for them, moving forward, to do their jobs.
Axelrod discusses the necessity for the press secretary to provide accurate information for the media to function effectively.
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