The freedom of the press is crucial but so is honesty. Trump’s willingness to fight with the press was applauded by his supporters, because they recalled the media’s long bias against Republicans: Romney, McCain, the Bushes, and Reagan. The press should have been allies of the truth, not adversaries to Trump. There is a difference. The belief that there isn’t, warped reporting into occasional propaganda.

If legacy media wants to undo their damage and salvage their trust with the American public, they’re not off to a great start.