CNN on the WSJ Running a Trump Letter to the Editor: ‘What Does This Do to Truth?’

‘That’s really the irresponsible part about what they did’

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BERMAN: “To see the attempt to mainstream it, though, to see 'The Wall Street Journal' just print this, in your mind, what does this do to the -- you know, to truth?”
SCHMIDT: "That’s really the irresponsible part about what they did. I had no idea that they didn’t fact check letters to the editor at all. They clearly couldn’t. Because if this is what I do for a living and I can’t figure out what they’re talking about, I’m sure 'The Wall Street Journal' can’t either. You know, and -- and we’re not just talking about the damage it does to the faith in our democracy, but it's getting to the point where it -- it damages the functioning of our democracy. When election officials and administrators across the country are having to combat all of this, all these lies, and it’s driving many of them away from -- from their jobs.”

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