For those that were following politics 20 years ago: If the crazy negative bias in the media (news, late night shows, Hollywood, etc) against Trump is a 97 out of 100... then what number would you give the treatment George W Bush received at the time?
I remember a lot of George W Bush jokes and hatred during the early part of this century, but I literally did not follow politics AT ALL until the day after the 2016 election when I started to look into it. ONE of the things that I found strange right off the bat was the over the top, nonsensical and hysterical hatred for our new president. It made me intuit, even before Q or anything else, that something weird was going on. But, some argue that Bush was treated the same way by the media (the legal system is another story). For those that paid attention, how different is this?
Reagan, and both Bushes, got heavy doses of unjustified media abuse. Reagan was much better than either Bush at fighting back, giving rallies and using personal charisma. But if you only read newspapers and watched TV news you'd hate them all.
They kicked it up a few notches with Trump. And the media environment and tools are different now, so it's not a straight comparison, but they definitely went harder and more transparently so, with Trump.
At some point somebody will do a side-by-side study of how the Rodney King riots compare to the George Floyd riots, as both were inflamed by the media. Each was designed to get a Republican president to surrender. I think the biggest difference is that the organization behind it was exposed quickly with the Floyd riots.