The public debate on which media can be trusted further divided the public and the focus on finding the truth became more contentious. This was on show at the White House Correspondents dinner, boycotted by Trump and nativist Breitbart and its key strategists now within the White House. Media self-examination predominated the dinner, of Fox, CNN, MSNBC and the traditional mainstream media, The Washington Post, New York Times, the New Yorker, The Atlantic and others. Meanwhile Trump created a media show by pitting his Pennsylvania rally in the same time slot, and lampooning the Washington event as “the elitist fake news media”. The Washington speakers fell into Trump’s trap by proclaiming that they were not “fake news” …a fundamental communications error which gave more legitimacy to these slurs.