This is a fairly good point. Except I'll point out that the media, indeed, reported the "57 states" gaffe and were appropriately skeptical about the nonsense-on-its-face video explanation for the Benghazi terror attack. Oh, and not to mention Joe Biden's seemingly weekly steps in it were good for headlines.

But the media tended to give the Obama White House the benefit of the doubt, even on matters of fact, and would shrug off Biden's blunders as "just ol' Joe." His head-scratchers like needing an Indian accent to run a 7-Eleven or to quarantine oneself with the sniffles were just as offensive and stupid as anything Trump has said.

So the media are late to the party in calling out a president's B.S. At least they're here now.

I'll point out one thing: It's not the job of a straight news reporter to declare "the president is an idiot." There are opinion journalists (some one cable "news" channels) and editorial pages for that. The distinction in their roles is vital.