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Yaelle, let me take a stab at a theory of what's going on. And I hope that others who are in the political arena or media will correct me where I'm wrong.

A certain Halley's comet event occurs every 4 years. And that is the Presidential election cycle. And when that comet is visible, the media outlets see a huge dollar sign in the evening sky.

And in this particular cycle, the comet was unusually bright because hundreds of millions were being spent on ads and editorial hit pieces. And unprecedented money was spent by the Bush, Rubio, Cruz, Kasich, Carson, Christie, Bernie, and Hillary campaigns.

Now Trump is a once in a lifetime celestial phenomenon. People like you and I were fascinated to hear what Trump had to say because he was fresh, honest, funny, and said things that everyone thought, but no politician or celebrity would dare say out loud. So that fueled tremendous excitement, news, and Trumpbots like you and me.

Simultaneously, all Trump's competitors had to counter Trump by turning to rich globalists like FaceCrook and Golden Sacks to get the money to support writers and pundits who would talk on panels and produce thousands of hit pieces to destroy Trump.

And the revenue tail of the Trump comet was so long, wide, and brilliant that well-known conservative pundit organizations like National Review, Town Hall, and Red State abandoned their principles to destroy Trump for the money.

Breitbart, meanwhile, was actually sold to people who shifted the weight of coverage to Cruz. And at its height, you could not even view the Breitbart website unless you answered a poll question and left your email address -- which meant you would soon receive a fund raising letter and Cruz propaganda.

Even well-respected outlets like the Rush Limbaugh Show found the money so enticing that it would periodically twist the truth to damage Trump in return for Cruz advertising money. No need for contracts here: when you got the money, you just UNDERSTOOD what you were expected to do.

Fox News, the strongest of TV news networks also found itself in a happy dilemma. They not only wanted to draw the eyeballs of conservatives, but all comers. So they set it up so that certain people would be friendly to Trump (O'Reilly and Hannity) and others (like Meygn Kelly) would be 24/7 NeverTrump. In this way, they could offer shows for people of all Trump persuasions. And recently, you see Fox trying to reposition Kelly as more friendly to Trump, in part because there are few GOP opponents of Trump willing to speak out against him anymore.

Now CNN and MSNBC are also interesting cases. They hate conservatives, of course, but the advertising money to support Trump coverage was so great that they temporarily abandoned their bias and spent money on covering and interviewing Trump.

But now, all the gold doubloons with Warren Buffet's face on them are gone, so things have reverted back to normal. And CNN and MSNBC are -- reluctantly -- having to scrap money together from their traditional limited leftist funding channels and low-ball TV audiences.

So that's my take. From reading FR for several months, this is how I piece the puzzle together. The overriding principle is: follow the money.