Irony: Brian Williams Worries About Claims Trump Is Discrediting Journalism

Scott Whitlock | May 23, 2018
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Journalists are freaking out over an alleged admission by Donald Trump that he attacks the press simply to “discredit” reporters and so that “no one will believe you.” CBS This Morning, CNN, ABC’s The View and MSNBC have all fretted over the quote. Appearing at an event in New York on Monday, journalist Lesley Stahl recounted an alleged off-camera comment by Trump from December of 2016. Trump told her: “You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.” 

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