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Graham Platner: “The Wall Street Journal, New York Times ran stories without…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner slams alleged sexting scandal as "gossip" and "journalistic malpractice"

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

But of course, the powers that be do not want us to talk about that, and so they're going to just do gossip instead. But the stories are true, right? About the texts? No, no, this is. This is the amazing part. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. I'm sorry, that's. That's frankly journalistic malpractice. We pushed back on it. They want it, they did it anyways. So do you have a question? (01:06–01:15)

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