Every journalist should state: "Graham's comments in 2016 could not have been more clear. Now that he's revealed that as a bad-faith lie, he can’t be trusted to tell the truth and I will no longer be granting him the chance to lie by interviewing him and using me as a platform.”
As I typed this I could hear every Sunday show booking producer frantically emailing Graham's comms people begging for a remote interview
So much of our broken system is dependent on journalists holding liars accountable instead of rewarding them with repeat interviews. This won't change. They'll take Republicans at their word now, and on Nov. 4 after Trump baselessly claims "mail-in ballot fraud" to stay in power.
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