Over the weekend, one of CNN’s resident Trump haters took the time to pat himself and the legacy media on the back for their ability to work through the numerous “challenges” imposed by the Trump administration over the past four years. Jake Tapper joined Brain Stelter to comment on how Trump “changed the way that the news media at large behaves.” The two then blasted White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for her ability to do her job well.

The Daily Wire reports:

Let’s first address the elephant of hypocrisy in the room. Multiple hosts on CNN, including Jake Tapper, have happily offered their platform to demonstrable liars. One obvious example is disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti, whose screen time on CNN was rivaled only by fellow liar, Adam Schiff. Given that some liars are welcomed and others are not, it’s clear that lying itself isn’t an issue, as long as the lies enable a deeper narrative.

Second, let’s address another obvious point. The job of the White House Press Secretary is to act as the primary interface between the media and the president. Because the role exists in the arena of politics, positive stories must be promoted while the audience is distracted from negative stories. And yes, sometimes, this requires — to put it mildly — a liberal relationship with the truth. However, the absurdity of Tapper’s statement is based on the fact that a propensity for lying is far from unique to Republican press secretaries. Yet again, lying is not the issue for Tapper or CNN. The issue is whether the lies help or hurt their agenda.

The view that Trump is solely responsible for changing the landscape of legacy media might be the most ridiculous opinion Tapper has offered this year.

This is utter gaslighting delusional nonsense. The legacy media are the same lying, manipulative and controlling entity they have always been. They are the same legacy media who decried President George W. Bush as a Nazi and President Barack Obama as a hero. They are the same legacy media who laughed when novelist Ben Rhodes mocked them for their ignorance. They are the same legacy media who buried reports of the Holocaust.

It is true that Trump changed how the legacy media are perceived, but it is fundamentally untrue that Trump changed the character of the media. As a result of Trump tearing the veil of objectivity from their lying faces, countless Americans are finally seeing the legacy media for what they are. Caught in the act, instead of acknowledging their wrongdoing, the media is scrambling to blame Trump for their repeated and blatant journalistic malfeasance.

President Trump didn’t change the media. He simply lifted the veil for American to see what was there all along and make decisions for themselves