Dems simply can't count on major media to convey the state of politics faithfully. Even when the plain truth–Trump demanding unilateral concessions to reopen his own government–stares reporters in the face, institutional incentives drive them to false balance. Gotta go around.
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Trump literally called cameras into the Oval Office last month and said "if we don't get what we want...I will shut down the government," and then it happened, and the mainstream press is still #bothsidesing it.
If reality this clear can't overwhelm the false balance reflex, then Dems really have no choice but to bypass corporate media.
And here's yet more grist for this argument: Four years after all broadcast networks denied Obama's request to address the nation live about immigration, all cable and broadcast networks will give Trump an unedited platform lie obscenely about the same topic. Pathetic. 
These network execs pretend to care that Trump calls their news programming "fake," then surrender every point of leverage they have to demand better behavior. They're like a bunch of Jeff Flakes, but with way more profit motive.
