I think the media sends a stronger and stronger message at each election. The media elites feel it is their job to determine who will win the election and they will stop at NOTHING to make it so.
IMHO, the media right now is fomenting a civil war in this great nation, determined to drive order off a cliff and replace it with chaos. I suspect they are needing to feel relevant again.
And should they actually succeed, they will achieve great relevance - as early targets.