You are doing a superb job of missing the point.
OK, I’ll admit it, I took your words literally.
What was your point?
I think you’re the one missing the point.
The press IS fundamentally dishonest.
They claim objectivity as their core principle, yet they operate from a blatant double standard.
In other words, their stated mission is a lie. They have no virtue, no honor.
The people entrust the press with an awesome power, greater than the judiciary, greater than the legislature, greater than the executive branch - they trust the press to be their very voice against the tyranny of government (Alexander Solzhenitsyn).
They routinely break that sacred trust by openly bolstering and covering for one political party while slandering the other. Yet no one calls them out for it - until Trump.
Petulant and childish you say?
I say it’s about time.
Unless you simply forgot your sarcasm tag, in which case, never mind...