I'm not American, so don't always follow every story about American politics (though it is usually more interesting than Canadian politics). I was thinking you were saying that the BBC sent the Democratic Party stories for approval, but I guess you were just making a point about mainstream media. I looked up what you were talking about and here's what I read, it is indeed a pretty major indictment: https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/301553-sorry-not-sorry-politicos-thrush-doubles-down-on-podesta-emails. The establishment Democrats (Clintons) totally shat the bed with this whole "kiss the ring" approach that they had with their election. They figured it was a foregone conclusion and they acted with such contempt for non elite. You can see what Trump is referring to when he attacks the media. To me it sounds ridiculously insecure for a president to speak this way, but if the establishment is trying to lock you out of the cycle, you can see why he would be so up in arms about it. But on a related note, Fox and Friends -- tell me that it's not fucking bizarre that he'll call in while watching so he can ramble for a bit.