No, it's not. Crap like this is the biggest danger we face.
A few years ago, we got a conservative school board for the first time in generations. They promised to stop the forced busing and other asinine programs. They campaigned on it and fulfilled on their promises. We have the second largest school district in the country and the Democrats couldn't let this happen without a fight. They organized "Moral Mondays" to vent their outrage over the "controversial school board" and never reported any good news.
When it came time for the next election, the media went on offense and kept reporting that education results continued to drop in NC. They weren't lying directly but were lying by omission because our district was the one bright spot in the whole State. The result of all of the negative press was a return to the Democrats in the next election.
They are following this gameplan with Trump and it's very worrying. The media knows he can't win with just the political junkies like us. He needs average Americans just going about their lives and all they are hearing is bad news since he was elected. It has an effect. 2-3% is all it would take.
Nice commentary and analogy.
Fortunately many of us share our learnings, like your story, with our friends who arent on FR but do pass on these types of instances to over co e fake news.
Also when we do get the be more presidential comment we relate exactly what you are pointing out, silence , or omission of key facts just helps the enemy.
The Donald is working for us by forcing the issues, and answers to be covered whether the media agrees, or spins ...