Sen. Marco Rubio has the answer to why Hillary Clinton is not damaged by her blatant deception surrounding the deadly 2012 attack on the Benghazi consulate. “You know the Democrats have the ultimate super PAC,” Rubio said at the Republican presidential debate Wednesday. “It’s called the mainstream media.”

That super PAC turned on Rubio over his claim that Clinton lied when Rubio appeared on CBS Thursday morning. “You’re saying, Senator, that Hillary Clinton lied to help Barack Obama in his re-election campaign,” journalist Charlie Rose said. “That’s a serious charge!”

Rubio seemed flabbergasted by Rose’s statement. “Yes!” Rubio replied. “It’s the truth. That’s not only why she did it. That’s why everyone in the administration did it. The narrative of their campaign at the time, Charlie, was that al-Qaida was ‘on the run’ and had been defeated. That was their narrative. And this countered that narrative. They did not want that out there.”

Journalism’s ideal is to give information that allows Americans to self-govern. But if the press only fixates on he-said she-said clickbait, then the public isn’t served. Instead of simply chasing soundbites, the media should pursue facts and go where they lead. Fact: Clinton emailed her daughter saying that a group similar to al-Qaida attacked the consulate. Fact: Days later, Clinton told the family of slain Navy SEAL Ty Woods that their son died over a YouTube video. Rubio’s articulation of these facts during the Rose interview shows that he is capable of going up against Clinton and giving her such a trouncing that it’d be almost sad to watch.