The MSM and the US Presidency are by now, co-equal and each is the equivalent of the other. There is no longer any necessity or logic in regarding them as unique or distinct from one another!
Of course the efficacy, integrity and trustworthiness of each are diminished by the connection.
We now have a media which enjoys an influence over events which is out of all proportion to its size or status in our society. AND … we have a Presidency so far compromised BY the MSM and enslaved to ‘public opinion’ that it is paralyzed by events and issues.
What’s worse, we NOW have a President with NO conception of what the US Presidency IS or ever WAS!! This is the blueprint for a failure of leadership conceivable ONLY in science fiction or in nightmares!
When the MSM criticizes Obama, they grieve the difficulty of defending him and "advise" him of course change. The MSM will never jump ship; they just want a course change.