No, you're wrong. It exposes the "trusted media" as liars. The people who can open their eyes to the truth, the ones we need to "convert", don't like being lied to.
Hell, they ran Trent Lott out of the Senate for saying nice things about an old man at his birthday party.
That's essentially what Breitbart's editor told CNN's Soledad O'Brien during their interview when she asked "where's the big news in this"? Breitbart's editor responded "you're making it now". Classic retort ....followed with Soledad's deer in the head lights response.