There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it.
Ari FleischerThe press lost credibility with Republicans and independents during the Obama years, setting itself up for the damage that's going to be done during the Trump years.
Ari FleischerThis is a massive crisis for the press, and the degree now that the press revs up its scrutiny and its opposition to Donald Trump, as opposed to being neutral and fair to Donald Trump - they will compound their own problem, because Republicans don't trust them, independents largely don't trust them, and the press risks just being credible to only one party in America.
Ari Fleischer