Yes, it used to be people could actually depend on the news for truth, so yes, they should be held to a higher standard then the POTUS. There never has been a POTUS that hasn't lied, there used to be a press worth a damn and that did it's job, that is no longer the case. If you think that confirms anything you said, well, so be it.

The shut them up thing was a reply to peterpi showing that yes, I know he can't take their licence/"shut them up."