Right now, by and large, the media is acting like "the enemy of the people"
Just as they did in the run up to the Iraq war.
The media abhors an information vacuum. Rather than focusing on the KNOWN facts contained in Meuller's indictments, they magnify the message in Barr's memo, which contains, IIRC, TWO PARTIAL SENTENCES ACTUALLY QUOTING MEULLER'S REPORT. So instead, we get an orgy of masturbatory speculation, crafting and framing the narrative just the way Trump and Barr want it to be framed.
Example:
Instead of saying "Trump is celebrating this report as a victory", (reporting a factual event), we get:
"this is a big victory for the president" (adding meaning and framing to an event).
The narrative that should be the focus of the reporting, until the report is released to the public (don't hold your breath) is that Meuller has placed the responsibility for protecting the Constitution squarely in the lap of Congress. It is now Congress's job to gather all the available evidence, not just from Meuller, but from interviewing everyone remotely involved with the most corrupt administration in thei history of the USA.
Instead, the media reports "nothing to see here, move along" and "if the Democrats push this too hard with investigations, they will hand the 2020 election to Trump".
Just as it's the job of Congress to hold the Executive branch accountable, it's the job of the media to hold the government accountable, and, right now, they are failing miserably.
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