Hersh is a tired 78-year-old sitting on an exploding story. Someone is trying to talk about the context, from an org that is already figured to be coming from a bad angle. He's got 100 other things to do that will stick to the core of his publicity run on the story. If the content of the story can have land with the impact it could/should then it serves to entwine Hersh's legacy for getting the story other don't and getting the stories that matter. He goes into the pantheon for finding truth. As that type of journalist, it's the grail.

Who cares what the color of the journalistic bike shed is?