CNN has proven itself to be the Opposition Party.
CNN purposefully lies and creates #FAKENEWS.
This type of deception is what someone does to their enemy. When at war, it is acceptable to deceive, lie, distort and misdirect. This is what CNN has been doing. This is what the Opposition Party has been doing. The Opposition Party is the msm.
Knowing that CNN, msm, Opposition Party, has taken a warfare stance and has made Trump and his administration the enemy, then Trump and his administration has every right to respond to the Opposition Party in like manner.
In other words, CNN, msm, the Opposition has lost the right to the truth.
As such, it as acceptable for Trump and his administration to defend itself by treating them like an enemy.
And let us not forget the MSM could short circuit the whole thing by RESTRICTING THEMSELVES TO STORIES THEY CAN DOCUMENT!
They are supposed to be in the "news" business, not "gossip."