Doesn't matter now, Mission Accomplished.
Yep, the idea is planted and the ads will continue
Actually, the opposite may be true. The story had a shelf life equal to a Box of Donuts at a fundraiser held for Jerrold Nadler at Michael Moore's Mansion. Now that they caved on part of the Slander the rest of it will crumble, proving to the "undecided" that POTUS Trump's claims of Fake News and its Bias against him are true. Remember how Leftist's always claim a consensus means truth? Well, so far POTUS Trump has ten (if not more)People who were with him in Paris claiming that the Story is 100% false. Goldberg the lying slanderer only has four so called anonymous sources saying otherwise, and that was before he just backpedaled. Last time I checked, 2/3rds over 1/3rd means there is a consensus.