Originally Posted by
jonasfj70
If you define "the media" as newspapers like Wall Street Journal, NY Post, NY Times, LA Times and Washington Post, they have a clear division between news and opinion. Then you have cable channels like MSNBC, CNN and Fox News etc. They kind of pretend to have this division, but it appears more blurred. You probably know which of those lean left or right on the opinion pages.
I do not think you will ever find the language you cite above in the news section, unless they report on what representatives of both sides expressed, in any of the outlets above with the exception of perhaps MSNBC. You might find it in the opinion section, but then it is stated Opinion in bold. Opinion writers obviously have more freedom to express their personal views.
The news editorial choices, wording and facts presented in Wall Street Journal and NY Times are quite similar. Both were for example competing to reveal Trump's taxes, which I assume pissed him off. Obama was likewise furious when they went after NSA, drone wars etc. where he was political vulnerable. There were as many leaks from, what you may call the "deep state" during Obama as during Trump.
I believe it is fair game to go after politicians and especially those in power.
Another observation. The opinion pieces generally have less readers than the headline news stories and those who read them have already made up their mind. Paul Krugman, one of the most read columnists, reach 150,000 on a good day, while a NY Times headlining news story is read by 500,000.
Also remember that the right leaning newspapers (NY Post and WSJ) are 50% larger than the left leaning (LA Times, NY Times and Washington Post) and Fox News is over time rated higher than MSNBC and CNN combined. There is thus little to support the notion that "the media" as a whole is biased to the left.