It’s a waste of time and effort to get hung up on the media. As Rush says, a “tiger’s a tiger”. The media isn’t going to change.
Trump could have diffused this in an instant by just saying, “I welcome the hard questions. It gives me an opportunity to explain my positions and show I’m up to the task of being President.”
Trump is an attention hog and he’s playing this to keep the focus on himself and suck all the air out of the room for the other candidates. A lot of people are getting sucked in by his ruse.