you know, i wonder if part of his plan all along has been to expose some of the manipulative practices of the media to a broader audience, and perhaps this is all an orchestrated plan on his part. whenever one of these stories comes out (largest inauguration crowd, fake news, cdc vocab, etc.) it seems that more often than not he's correct on stuff being fake/manipulated. look at the immediate reaction, even here, that the cdc wouldn't be allowed to use certain words. is it a true story? people right now immediately want to assume the worst from him - and he's done plenty to give them ammunition - but not everything he's done has proven to be completely wrong or inept.
FTR, i'm still not a trump fan, but i value fairness quite a bit and our media is far from fair. maybe they should have been called out a lot more in recent years.