Trump's administration is not silencing the press, please, they are just calling the media out on their behavior. As someone in the media and communications field, I've seen the integrity of journalism decline and the public increase their distrust of media. It's about appeasing advertisers -- bring in the big stories, print the headlines that cause a ruckus to get viewers and readers to consume your content, click-bait worthy almost. Mainstream media has lost touch with the American base, those "middle America" people that are the backbone of our economy. Media on the political beat in the past 18 months underestimated the power of the ballot box for these Americans who were feeling marginalized by liberal, agenda-led media corporations. Local reporters may be the only true journalists around anymore, those that cover local issues and real life. The La-la Land media in LA, New York, Chicago, etc. are so out of touch with what truly is going on.