The media has ALWAYS told people what is and is not important. A journalist (a real one if there is such a thing anymore) is trained to lead the the reader to the conclusion he/she wants. That has always been so. It is a primary reason I didn't choose journalism as a career. It's a dirty game and always has been.
As jacked up and back-pedaling as the Dems are right now, the media is in worse shape and doing exactly what any control freak losing control would be: doubling down. The MSM has lost control if the information age. You and I or anyone else can go on social media and post anything (that doesn't get you banned). The filter's gone, and with it, the control.
Bet your bottom dollar someone or someones are burning the midnight oil trying to come up with a way to regain that control.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke