Trump’s attacks on the press threaten a critical check on government

No president of the United States has ever loved the American news media. 
Most have barely tolerated the institution that our Founding Fathers called the Fourth Estate.  The press were to be a watchdog of the government, which the Founding Fathers distrusted.  
If the news media are doing their job, print, broadcast and digital media are holding politicians accountable for their actions, educating the public about government at all levels and uncovering wrongdoing when they