Nah. It should have happened long ago.
I went to a small high school in an equally small town. The student body still managed to have its share of exceptional people. Some were exceptional for their decency while others stood at the other end of the scale. One of those “others” was the school bully who took every opportunity to pick on anyone he could.
One day he went too far and physically hurt another student. Something snapped inside me and I began beating the crap out of him. I chased him all over our small gym while the teacher turned his back and carefully read the list of students enrolled in the class. The bully finally ran up the stairs and into the dressing room, ending the encounter.
From that day forward the bully led a much tougher life. He couldn’t bully anyone anymore since everyone knew he was a coward at heart and would run if challenged. Of course they all knew that beforehand, they just needed some sort of positive affirmation. Life for the rest of the student body got a lot better after that.
The Media is a bully that - until now - has been able to exert its will any time it wanted. After all, who could challenge it? Well, Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet and the media has been outed as a collection of self-indulgent cowards using words as weapons because real weapons (clubs, knives, guns, etc.) are too scary for them to contemplate, let alone use.
Now that The Donald has opened the door, how many of us is willing to step through it and continue the fight? Will we forego the evening sports report and simply stop watching the nightly news? Since few of us own parrots or fish for a living we hardly need a liner for a bird-cage or wrapping for large fish, so why not discontinue the newspaper?
Most members of the media have gone to college to learn how to use words as weapons. We need to use the weapons we have to defeat them. Our best weapon is our money! If we stop reading or listening to their propaganda we will starve them to death - figuratively at least, though there are a few ... Well, never mind that. Just stop volunteering for the daily brain-wash!