To be honest, people self-selecting their media had something to do with Trump. It also would have had something to do with Hillary had she won.

People trust journalists that agree with them, and that is a problem when the only journalists they trust are the ones that agree with them.

Yes, many segments of the MSM have done a horrible job, prompting and guiding people to the new echo chamber status quo. That still doesn't make the fact that many people seek out what they want to hear and then believe what they want any less of a major problem.

It will be interesting to see if people hang on to Trump, despite the fact he is proving himself completely incompetent and dangerous at best, and a literal foreign agent of our demise at worst. My guess is that they will, because the other "side" is really no better when its all said and done, but still, it is mind boggling how terrifyingly corrupt and stupid the Trump administration is proving.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)