Yes but pretty much all of them are biased against him apart from Fox and Breitbart?
Even Fox is calling him on his BS. Some may be biased, but it's not biased when you're simply reporting on the crazy stuff that is going on or is being alleged to go on inside the White House.
Anyhow like I said people are pulling that quote out of context yet again; no he didn't say 'the media'.
No, he didn't. I'm simply pointing out that the simplification that most people are making doesn't really change the meaning of what he said at all. He objects to media that publishes anything that paints him negatively, even if it's the truth. See Inauguration Controversy, The.
I'd be interested to know who Trump doesn't consider to be fake news. That tweet lists some that he does, but there are definitely more. As we see above, Fox News is now in defending the other outlets that Trump is attacking. Bannon is suggesting that Breitbart is fake news, which is so hilarious I don't know where to start.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/bannon-accuses-breitbart-of-peddling-fake-news/article/2006844
Let's face it, the whole fake news thing is not about accuracy or transparency in the media. It's about Trump and his government taking control. They want to be able to shoot down anything that doesn't suit their purposes, and they want to whip the media into a state where they'll either police themselves or simply be too scared to fight back.
Past presidents, like all politicians, have a mixed relationship with the press. They're essential to the communication that the government has with the people, and yet at the same time they have a lot of power over the way things are perceived. Yet most presidents know that if you're honest, transparent and hard working then pretty much all the press will at least give you a fair shake.
Trump has decided to forgo that and simply treat all press as adversarial from the start. Including some that would ostensibly be his supporters, but are required for the sake of keeping up the image of reporting news to even comment on the crazy things he does. That is not what a free country does, and that's not what the leader of a free country does.
The irony is that Republicans are typically the more hardcore on the constitution and rights. Freedom of the press is a big part of that. I think we're seeing how Trump isn't really a Republican or a Democrat. He's not ultimately about America at all, he's about Trump. He went with the party that he thought had the best chance of getting him into power, but ultimately he only serves himself.
