:v
Isn't that open letter essentialy playing into Trump's hand?
Trump has hijacked an election with meager media support, with everything opposing him except for your right wing CNN equivalents, which aren't many or nearly as powerful. He got shit thrown at him by buzzfeed just now, called them and CNN out for it, and got out on top since the supposed report containing evidence turned out to be trash.
If Trump has one half of a brain left, he'll realize that he just got a golden opportunity.
Think about it, suddenly he gets exactly what he wants: a open letter from "the US Press Corps" (lol) basically telling him that, if he doesnt play by their rules, they'll ban whoever they want from their outlets for saying anything they deem "a distortion of truth". Give it a few days and Trump comes out saying the same people who trying to pin shit on him and spread fake news are now threatening to do anything they can to shut him out if he keeps calling them out. Imagine that, outlets that have admited to using supposed proof against him in the past and had their sources called out and proved to be shit time and time again, now trying to throw their weight around and tell him he should be careful.
Its like an anemic chimpanzee trying to bully a huge silverback.
He gains even more popularity from it and outlets that repeately throw shit at him get even more blasted by everyone else.
This is Trump, he doesnt need to say anything true, he just has to call out the major media outlets, which are already a huge target due to the fake news publicity debacle. They throw a punch, Trump drop kicks them in the chest, his voterbase (shock full of people who really hate these media outlets and haven't forgot how hilarious the whole coverage of the election was) will applaud tremendously.
Good fucking job empowering the god emperor of america even further.