They can do that because the liberal press is as corrupt as they are... Why feel defensive when you know the press will NEVER ask hard questions when you have a "D" by your name. "What was today's ice cream flavor?"
The best weapon against the left (including the media) is public ridicule. Trump did this very effectively against the left. Tucker Carlson also does a good job. We're not just talking 'ridicule'. We're talking about absolute destruction of their self image. Destroy their credibility - in the same way they came after Sarah Palin, the same way they destroyed Dan Quayle, the same way they went after Richard Jewel. Literally laugh at them as morons, publicly - over and over and over again.
We can do the same to liberal 'elites'... and the press and FBI that props them up.
Greg Gutfield's doing it and (believe it or not) so is Bill Maher.
Our liberal 'elites' are NOT use to anyone taking potshots at their exulted selves. Should be like shooting fish in a barrel....