They were anti-establishment in the sense that the facts, even right and wrong, should be a check on any politician in a free society. This was muddied during President Barack Obama’s presidency. During a press conference on Thursday February 16 President Trump said, “The press has become so dishonest that if we don't talk about (it), we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people. Tremendous disservice. We have to talk to find out what's going on, because the press honestly is out of control.

Source: Forbes February 17, 2017 15:22 UTC