CNN’s Brian Stelter, Oliver Darcy Say Legacy Media Outlets, Like The Washington Post, Have ‘Layers Of Protection’ Against ‘Bogus’ Stories

CNN’s Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy on Sunday went to bat for legacy media outlets, like The Washington Post and The New York Times, saying there are “layers of protection” in place to keep “bogus” stories from being printed.

The duo’s defense comes after the papers of record, along with NBC News, had to issue retractions for a story being false. A report that first came out in The Washington Post claimed the FBI warned Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani about the Russians attempting to use him to influence the 2020...