VooDoo works on people who believe it is real.
Same for the media. Republicans were afraid of the press because they believed the press could hurt them.
President Thump has shown that the press are a paper tiger.
Don’t let them define you, fight back, create your own image and narrative and the press is all but impotent.
The establishment Republicans were too busy padding their nests and scr#wing the public that they didn't want anyone rocking that boat.