Comment: This is a made-in-the-US democracy death spiral, engineered from the top. A few media exceptions like Jake Tapper and Jim Scuitto on CNN stand up and fight when faced with the stupidity of Trump’s disinformation-machine.
But they are the minority. The Trump apologists the networks feel obliged to drag on every night for ‘balance’  are dangerous. They are not showing respect for the office of president when they twist Trump’s lies into unrecognizable shapes. They are showing contempt for their fellow citizens.
These cheerleaders, dutifully avoiding unfortunate facts, pretend it's a celebration of free speech to lie for this president. It’s actually a spectacle of willful blindness. Professional liars spreading ideological nonsense on behalf of organizations with a financial stake in the game.
It is indefensible unless your goal is to please the uninformed and the uneducated.