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I'm your host, Greg Sergeant. After Kamala Harris's shlacking News to vent at the debate's moderators.

He attacked them as deeply biased against him and even said their network

ABC News should have its broadcasting license revoked. This provoked

some chortling, but it's deadly serious. It opens a window into how he'd conduct himself

if the media displeases him during a second term.

It's also a show of weakness. What enraged him is the scrutiny of lies that he can

err unchallenged inside the right-wing media bubble.

Today we're chatting about all this with Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz,

one of this show's favorite guests,

who has a new piece showing that Trump's debate implosion was largely a product of his trafficking and right-wing media

obsessions. Good to see you again, Matt. Good to be back.

Let's start here.

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