Not really. It's a media narrative believed only by the media. Bowing to it is nothing but the candidates bending the knee to media's power to create the narrative.
Trump has already demonstrated he's better at manipulating media than media is at manipulating him.
“Trump has already demonstrated he’s better at manipulating media than media is at manipulating him.”
This is most of the issue here. The msm has not been able to manipulate Trump. They keep on trying and trying and Trump keeps calling them on their lies and distortions. A perfect case is point was Trumps interview last month with Anderson Cooper when Cooper pulled out a false poll and started asking questions to Trump assuming the false poll was correct. Trump responded by saying that this is why the people no longer trust the media, and Cooper and the msm are liars. Coopers face went white, and you could tell he was absolutely caught in a blatant distortion and lie, and he was caught on camera, his own camera and show.
The media is generally liars. And they are looking for anything to get Trump. And at this point, most people know this and all the media attacks just make Trump stronger.