Let us all remember, in late 2011, what Attkisson was told over a phone conversation with White House and DOJ representatives while Attkisson was doing her investigation into Fast & Furious:
“They will tell you that I’m the only reporter, as they told me, that is not reasonable. They say The Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, The New York Times is reasonable — I’m the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I’m unfair and biased by pursuing it.”
That's the first instinct of any good bureaucrat: Claim you are "the only one" to complain when you gripe at something they've done. I've seen managers do it at a large company for whom I worked. Schools do it to parents all the time. They'll stick with the lie even if you call them on it, feigning ignorance. If there's one thing all bureaucrats and managers know how to do it's feign ignorance.
Look how easy it comes to Obastard and Holdem'.