I know the difference, do you?
Rush Limbaugh made the observation that in his whole life he has NEVER seen a “News” media be as transparently partisan has they have become since the Clinton years.
I'm older than Rush. The news media hated Nixon even before Watergate. They were just as transparently partisan then as in the Clinton era.
I think you have simply allowed your personal dislike for the President to crowd out any serious consideration of how the 27-7 news cycle and “advocacy Journalism” has seriously corrupted and changed the “News” media.
"Advocacy Journalism” has been more than counterbalanced by greater access to information, primary and otherwise.
Bush has it easy compared to Reagan. There was no Fox, no Internet, and no Rush or talk radio.
Everything was filtered through CBS/NBC/ABC/PBS/NPR.
Except for C-span (if you could get it) you had to wait every 2 weeks for NR or Human Events, or read the WSJ editorial page to get an alternate view.
You could see a Reagan speech or his press conferences but the MSM Filtered *everything*. Reagan was almost brought down by "Iran-Contra" which was IMO a made up scandal - just like Victoria Phlame.