As Trump lags in polls, campaign steps up attacks on news media

Aug 15, 20160

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is taking even sharper aim at one of its biggest foes — the news media.

In recent days, Trump and his campaign have slammed the media harder than ever. The candidate labeled reporters the “lowest form of humanity” in Pennsylvania on Friday and claimed that the media is piling on him and doing the bidding of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.