In a June panel discussion, CNN senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju addressed the attacks that descended upon him over a correct story about Tom Price’s questionable investment decisions as a congressman. “You just cannot screw up in this environment because they’ll use every small mistake to come after you and suggest that you have some nefarious motive in your reporting,” he said.

And now, a variation on that rule: They’ll use every big mistake to allege that you have some nefarious motive in your reporting.