The rest of it I don't have any problem because I think it does not do violence to my opinions. And this gets into a semantical exercise to some degree but one that is important, I understand, to the reporters. We have got to cut the Gordian knot here. Either --

Can we draw the following conclusion?
The speaker is referring to a news reporter

Select from the following.
 a). Yes;
 b). It's impossible to say;
 c). No;
b).