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"U.S. audiences will be less informed about the world."

Whatever, so i think theres a role for me and other journalists at every available opportunity correct misinformation with accurate information. >> so daniel, that is a noble cause and obviously, in this business, i think thats the right approach, but do you worry that readers and in my case viewers are getting inundated with this constant fact checking and it kind of becomes noise? >> i think there is some of that problem. i think of it as an avalanche problem. you know, trump creates this aval...

Just assume anything. thats a lesson of 2016. dont assume anything. my mom told me, it makes an as of you and me. dont assume anything we know whats going to happen in the upcoming primary season. >> like the democratic party itself, the press should let these candidates run and campaign instead of predetermining who the winner is going to be or the outcome is going to be. >> exactly. >> good advice, brian and daniel. thank you so much for joining me. great conversation. >> thank you. next, il...

Cnn chief media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" brian stelter and washington correspondent for the toronto star, daniel dale. let me start with you, daniel. you fact check president trumps every statement whether it be at a rally or impromptu prezss aval or tweets. what do you think that attention to fact checking has? >> at the most basic level, i think it results in more people getting accurate information. i think the the problem iproble trust anything that comes from the mouth o...

>> brian, obviously, other presidents have lied. obama had the lie of the year once. bush lied. clinton lied. is it just the volume that maybe makes trump unique in terms of our coverage? >> it is the volume and that is why we need more daniel dales, more fact checkers who are constantly poring over the presidents words. the volume is part of trumps strategy. tries to overwhelm folks with so much noise that you dont know what the truth is but its notable in polling, we see most americans recogni...