Probably. But it’s a two-edged sword. His credibility should have suffered, if he had lied on radio as he claimed. The only way he keeps his credibility is if everybody knows he told the truth on the radio but has to claim it’s a lie to cover Obama. And that’s pretty much what happened; he’s still doing his Hollywood news. IOW, everybody knows he told the truth and was threatened/intimidated into claiming he lied.