Considering how one sided CNN coverage was during the Presidential campaign, and considering that they chose to go with the Buzzfeed story, even though it was completely unsubstantiated (though yes, they did not print the gory details; they get credit for that much decency), I understand President Trump's attitude.  

Civility and common decency were thrown to the winds this election cycle, somewhat on both sides, but no place more than in the main stream media.  The amount of hate they generated towards President Trump was as incredible as it was unprecedented, and they keep doing it.  And if you actually research what the media reported on, virtually everything that was not an in context quote of Mr Trump saying something stupid (and Lord knows there were enough of those) was taken out of context, with no follow up explanation, or found to be completely wrong.  His treatment during the first two Presidential Debates was ludicrously biased.

No, American media has crossed a line.