I personally don’t think the two situations are comparable.
If Trump is going to respond to every idiotic comedian, celebrity, etc who takes a dig at his family that will become a full time job very quickly.
The mainstream ‘media’ is supposed to be held to a higher standard of conduct - reporting facts.
I agree. I'll add the following:
If Trump is going to respond to every idiotic mainstream media @sshole who takes a dig at him and his administration, that will also become a full time job very quickly.