This is immensely important as it helps alleviate the fears of the public, which is fearful of unlawful and unethical workings of the government and the big corporations. In this post-truth world where individual emotions and beliefs influence the public opinion more than the clear facts this is really important, because when the things are transparent it is much harder to manipulate the public and play with the facts.
I believe the answer is T i think i did this before
Richard Nixon performed the Checkers speech in 1952
