This article is really rich.  Get over yourself.  You, meaning reporters, only have yourself to blame.  You don't report facts.  You are biased.  You tell us things that aren't true (remember that there was a 98% that HRC would win the presidency according to the NYT).  

So give us a break.  If this is a bad job, you have yourself to blame.  The Edward R. Murrow's of this world look down on you and shake their head in shame and disbelief.  

If you go back to reporting the facts, telling both sides of the story, and quit interpreting the news, then maybe the public will actually respect you.  

As for the violence against reporters, well this is abhorrent.  I am glad the politician was charged and if proven guilty should pay the price with either jail time, penalty or both.  But at the very least he should apologize to the reporter.  No one deserves to be treated like that.