If he is so stupid and the media is so smart, why was he so successful at playing the media to get free publicity hundreds of times during the past year?  

Which is preferable, a 5  second Twitter by the person who is actually making the decisions, or a 10 second sound byte selected and authorized by Corporate media moguls in support of their particular biases?

I prefer a Trump Twitter as a source rather than selective reporting by CNN. Breitbart, OPB, or Fox.

It's all too easy to cherry pick a phrase out of context.  As can be seen by several posters here on this very R-G site.