CNN and MSNBC did zero work fact-checking Democratic senator’s bogus claim

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has been in damage control mode all day after she was caught falsely claiming she has never “ever” met with a Russian ambassador in her capacity as a member of the Armed Services Committee.

Unfortunately, the truth of her bogus charge came out only after MSNBC and CNN gave it uncritical coverage.

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