Are the Media Using the 2016 Playbook again?

It appears we're falling back to 2016 all over again.... The mainstream media is giving Drumpf [that's how I pronounce his name; call me on it as you'd call him about .."Kamabla"] another pass allowing to spew lies and gibberish. They [including MSNBC] covered live his "press conference" [lies & gibberish without follow ups]. Trying to be "neutral" in order to not appear adversarial allows liars and creepy authoritarians to distort reality and advance their goals.