| Last week, it’s Trump v. Vanity Fair. Today? Its anyone’s guess. That’s all part of the President-elect’s bait the press plan, Michael Wolff writes in his new column: |
| The widely disdained media is the better, more inclusive enemy in the cultural wars — much better to rally around these days than gays and abortions. It is, as well, easy — diabolically easy — to pit the media against itself. |
| An example: After Trump met in an off-the-record session with a group of media executives and prominent on-air personalities, The New York Post, in what was widely regarded as a Trump leak, reported that he had delivered a blistering tongue-lashing to these media heavies. |
| But the heavies themselves reported, somewhat sheepishly, quite a charm offensive, with one figure of renowned earnestness saying to friends that if he had known this was what Trump was actually like, he might really have voted for him. |
| The likely method and strategy of the new administration will be to play the media this way: reveling in and courting its umbrage and attention. |
