The Director, Clapper, is a proven under oath liar. Just wanted to get that out of the way.

Trump did get a lot of coverage from MSM. Although most of it was very negative, especially as time went by, it probably helped him, to a large extent because he and his campaign named to out maneuver the media. Over at RT, which I did watch, Trump got more favorable coverage, but also more balanced coverage. Even if directed to some extent by the Kremlin and Putin to some extent (many of the reporters are American), it was no more than the media machine the Dems co-opted. In other words, the stuff about RT is simply a distraction. 

The hacks remain, publicly at least unproven and in fact can only be believed based on faith in the agencies. A faith I do not have. In any event nothing in Trump's favour was untrue. The release of emails were all real and there contents was exaggerated no more than the stuff about Trump which didn't need to be leaked, it was all on the table.