Only time will resolve these difference of opinions, but we should be mindful that the media, the press, has served our country well for over 200 years.  Look at what serves as "media" in Russia and China.  The media may have a unconscious liberal bias, but they are professionals with their careers on the line, and I do not believe they deliberately slant a story.  The presidents credibility has been revealed on several occasions, sometimes over the most inconsequential matters.  If the president succeeds in discrediting the media, then he will achieved his goal of being the sole arbiter of truth.