Absolutely.
You're a partisan propagandist, Tom, you don't want to talk, you want to seize the forum and push your ideas and attack anything else. Why should I make it easy for you? And why should I not remind everyone else exactly what you're trying to do?
Also, being accused of being too dense to realize I'm being manipulated by the press is not exactly an effective way of getting a sympathetic ear from me. Do you really think people enjoy being patronized? Or do you just think they're too dumb to notice?