Return to the fundamentals
By Chris Cillizza
February 19 at 12:20 PM
... Trump, backed into a corner by allegations of aides contact with Russian intelligence officials, turned his full rhetorical firepower on the news media blasting the journalists who cover him as fundamentally dishonest, corrupt and an enemy of the American People.
Trumps strategy is simple: change the conversation from a losing one (why are there so many unanswered questions about his ties to Russia?) to a winning one (the media is terrible and out to get me).
The media shouldnt fall for it ...
The best way to combat allegations from the president and many of his supporters that the media is the enemy is to simply put our heads down and do our jobs. We arent the story. The story is the story. This isnt and never should be Donald Trump vs. the media. It shouldnt be Trump vs. anything but how his proposals check out and how they will affect the lives of Americans ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/media-under-attack-from-trump-needs-to-return-to-the-fundamentals/2017/02/19/1396a2ee-f6b8-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html?utm_term=.d1e4904d5773