Trump has even alluded to this on multiple occasions: "If it wasn't for me, the media would have nothing to talk about and die"--or something to that effect.
The "fifth column" will be greatly weakened and diminished by the sunset of the Trump Administration, whether it be January 20th, 2021 or whether it had been on January 20th, 2024. It was only a matter of time.
By being complicit in the steal, they had subsequently sealed their fates. Poor bastards, may they all rot in the waste bin of history.
Now that the bad orange man has been forced out of office, what is the NYT going to write about or late night so-called comedians joke about from now on? They only had one talking point.