Trump what the media says about him is illegal

This is page 1 in the "How To Be A Dictator: for Dummies" book. Disable the mainstream media to control the narrative. A free and independent mainstream media are the only bodies which can hold governments to account in front of the people. We all know that certain outlets have political leanings but there are others with the opposite political leanings, so there is choice. The mainstream media are the only news media with the resources and the reach to access the important stories. Without them we would be left with the fringe lunatics who barely leave their garden shed yet claim to know what is really going on in the world.