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Will run with something thats totally fabricated. >> i did a pod whats can john dickerson a few months ago, and his position is that even correcting this stuff gives it a second hearing. and i think people -- >> hows that work? >> he just -- his idea. and i think this was based on some research, is that just the repetition of this lie, there are certain people who have selective hearing on this stuff. theyre not hearing it being debunked. theyre just hearing the original lie. >> do you think peo...

Hillary clinton. that is obviously one of those on-line rumors that has been debunked but did get plenty of attention on line. he now tells how he regrets that action. jacob, you have been looking into this subject the last few days now. theres hillary clinton, just her second appearance since the election. shes trying to draw some attention to it. what have you been finding? >> its so fascinating to listen and hear hillary clinton talk about what she calls an epidemic of fake news, and some peo...

Around lake oahe. a man arrested after wielding assault rifle in a washington state pizza restaurant. edgar madison welsh telling police he was conducting a probe of the pizza gate. thats a debunked conspiracy theory that claims hillary clinton and john podesta were involved in a child sex scandal. overnight, the false accusations were denouncedenounced. just a short time ago, we got reaction from china to the provocative tweet storm from donald trump. two days after the phone call up ending...

We saw it on cnn? you didnt see it on cnn. >> they said facebook and there is always some nugget that gives them their false impression, but they didnt trace it back enough to see that it had been discredited and debunked. so, that was an interesting thing to see where they were getting the information. you may also have noticed that one of the most vocal panelists from previous interviews a guy named jerry was not there. last spring jerry was arrested and charged with two counts of conspiracy a...

Thing, suddenly the claim has to be -- even if debunked, it takes on an authority. >> yes. and it has consequences. >> that has consequences. >> for our allies, for our adversaries, for the other branches of government and, of course, let us not forget the citizens of the united states of america. he either doesnt grasp that or doesnt care. and this is all happening, chris, at a time in our technological history when we are living in, you know, as americans, 330 million individual echo chambers ...

Americans find reprehensible and that sells baby parts and that was a major part of our -- >> thats been debunked. >> come on, steve. >> we won -- >> come on, steve. >> we won on that message. >> karen, set us straight, please. >> if i could get to what i think is the main point is that many times during the campaign it was unclear whether donald trump himself understood obamacare really worked. this is not the case with tom pris. he very much does understand it. he understands the mechanisms an...

Of the united states who lies routinely and i think daily as a part of his political strategy. >> yeah. and i think its -- part of it is this reality distortion that to smeme is a broader and or difficult issue. people say things like alex jones can say 3 million people voted illegally. its not the case with someone with an implied authority as president-elect of the united states, when that person says a thing, suddenly the claim has to be -- even if debunked, it takes on an authority. >> yes. ...

>> reporter: in a word, no. trump transition officials were specifically asked if they had any evidence at all that they could put up to show the tweets were accurate, and they cited a 2014 study that had been debunked and a study from depugh that showed people on registration roles that had nothing to do with fraud. officials want to focus on whats coming next, the cabinet. there is no shortage of drama there, either. in the battle to be the nations top diplomat, a decidedly undiplomatic fight ...

Coming out of the fbi, particularly in some of the stories that have been debunked that were attributable to the fbi but turned out to be false. >> yeah. they feel -- they feel like theyre -- its unfair whats happening now. theyre not 100% surprised. they knew that there was a lot that could potentially, you know, go and get into their way the last few days of the campaign. they feel like really, like after all this, like im -- this candidate is under the glass for this when shes running against...

Friday. lets bring in jeremy peters. a welcome as always to you. just in the last few minutes, the clinton campaign tweeted out a video explaining what exactly is going on with the fbi and the e-mails. lets play for you a clip. >> lets walk through what we know. republicans said at the beginning that the fbi case that was closed in july had been reopened. but thats been debunked. law enforcement sources say the e-mails in question were never withheld by hillary clinton or the clinton campaign. r...