...and it’s actually INGENIOUS on Trump’s part.
The “old” Republican way to carefully tune and test a message (talking point) with the hope that the media would be nice and give them the headline (and write-up) they desired. Worked about 10% of the time. The other 90% of the time were hit pieces. But to even get to the 10% Republicans had to be REALLY NICE to the media...and so they were.
The problem with that was that Republicans didn’t fight back the other 90% of the time, so those attacks stuck and kept destroying them. It was only the good fortune of the Democrats moving more and more extreme left (something never reported, by the way) that kept the Republicans alive as a party.
Trump, instead, is telling his people from the outset that the media is constantly lying about him (which is true for at least 90% of the hit pieces). So when Trump’s people see another hit piece, they figure it’s just more fake news, and they brush it off.
He’s NEUTERING the media as a political force, which is why they reacting in such a hysterical way. They didn’t become reporters to report the news, they became reporters to MOVE THE COUNTRY, to the left, of course - and Trump is stopping them...and without even having to censor them or anything else...he is simply fighting back.
Agreed. See my post 82.