Trump blasts media because they didn't praise Charlottesville response

President Donald Trump has made press-bashing a regular feature of his rallies and presidency, but he went after the media with special ferocity on Tuesday night in Phoenix, Arizona.

He said "they make up stories" and "they have no sources in many cases." He called The New York Times"failing" and called The Washington Posta "lobbying tool for Amazon." CNN, he said, is "so bad and so pathetic."

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The president seemed enraged that the vast majority of the nation's media had not praised his response to neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville, Virginia that killed a woman named Heather Heyer. Trump initially condemned violence "on many sides," referring to neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, then singled out neo-Nazis and white supremacists more than a day later, only to get angry when the media didn't lavish praise on him for reading words off a teleprompter several news cycles after a neo-Nazi allegedly committed murder in the middle of the day.

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His anti-media rhetoric notched up to 11 in Phoenix, and people noticed.

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If you want to know how you can help journalists do their jobs in an increasingly hostile environment, this is a good place to start.

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