Of all the things voters can be relieved to see go away once the election is over, the national media’s incessant self back-patting for “fact-checking” Donald Trump should be somewhere near the top of the list.

It’s been a bizarre point of pride among politics reporters for having “fact-checked” the most inconsequential, throw-away lines from Trump that the average person would otherwise hear, laugh off and move on.

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