The media doesn't make things up but they do go overboard on some stories. Trump gives them a level 5 stupid comment and they turn it in to a level 11 national crisis. i don't like Trump and might even vote democrat against him in 2020 but the idea that the media covers him completely honestly is a joke.
Media coverage of Dumb Leader is all about their ratings (and profits). Fair coverage of President Moron would have driven him from the race early on as grossly unfit for office. Good coverage now would not repeatedly hype the fact that he is a terrible human being -something we already know- but his total incompetence and the damage he is doing.
Focusing on Dumb Leader's personal evil is like weeping over lost family pictures while the house burns down.