Trump and the media’s insecurity

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Despite being a profession almost entirely comprised of the badly dressed and the socially awkward, the national news media tends to have an outsized ego and resents President Trump because he punctured it.

The major newspapers and networks have faced years of declining ratings and readership, but editors, reporters and columnists sat comfortably knowing they remained at the top of Washington’s political class.

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