One of the witnesses was a member of a Fox News TV team who described the incident as follows:
Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the reporter. As Gianforte moved on top of Jacobs, he began yelling something to the effect of, "I'm sick and tired of this!"

A guy wants to be elected to the US House of Representatives, assaults a reporter and lies about it, and you comment "This is news?"  Before Trump it definitely would have been news, but I guess now, not so much.