 As a result of this leak, members of the White House Correspondents' Association agreed not to publish such unprepared, off-the-record presidential remarks in the future.Both CBS News and Cable News Network recorded the 1984 joke, but kept the president's remarks under wraps in accordance with the White House agreement.However, rumors of the joke quickly spread, and by August 13 the actual quotation had been published by outlets such as Gannett.