The boy who cried "wolf"

I don't often do posts that are almost completely "copy and paste" posts, but Cheeto's press conference conducted in the aftermath of shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner inspired this.

From BBC -

The Boy who cried Wolf

A young boy gets a job with a shepherd looking after his flock of sheep and each day he takes them up into the hills to graze. If he sees a wolf he is to ring the bell he has been given and shout 'Wolf!'

Soon the boy is feeling bored: the days are long and there is no-one to talk to. So he decides to pretend there is a wolf. He rings the bell and shouts 'Wolf!' and the men from the village come running with their guns. The boy tells them the wolf has already run off and the men are pleased with the boy and pat him on the back.

A few days later the boy is feeling bored again and decides to cry 'Wolf!' once more. This time when the men arrive and discover no wolf they are unimpressed and the boy worries that they don't believe him.

Shortly after the boy is minding the sheep when a wolf really does appear and attacks the sheep. The boy rings his bell and shouts 'Wolf!' but no one comes. Down in the village the men hear the boy but presume he is lying. As the shepherd says that night: 'Nobody believes a liar…even when he's speaking the truth.'