In their zeal to be the next Woodward & Bernstein, they took the graft of information from “sources” they considered friendly and used their positions in the Free Press (free to lie and distort just as they are free to report the truth) as the willing accomplices to get a chit in the game.
What they did not count on was a Republican fighting back using the identical tactics they themselves employed. When raising independent scrutiny of everything connected to their “sources”, they themselves became the story so the only way to keep the faux indignation flow on their side was to cry foul at those who played them against themselves.
Now the Trumpinator has them painted in a corner without ever picking up a brush or a bucket of paint. Being cute, or smart, by half is now being expertly exposed and their day-glo green petulant skirt is showing with no skirt at all.
Within two weeks, he will provide that which they (the media and the ruling class elites) think he does not have. Add to it, the used car salesman Ryan will also have his comeuppance delivered well done with ketchup as well.