The "free press" sees him as the a viable candidate in 2016. Character assassination is SOP for them and has been very successful. Every Republican is characterized as either stupid, evil, or both. Who can forget "Binders of women" or "Mitt wants to kill big Bird!" from the last election? It's so incredibly transparent. The "binders of women" comment could have swayed the female vote. Cutting funding for PBS AKA "kill Big Bird" hurts one of their propaganda outlets. Remember when the left was trying to manipulate the "fairness doctrine" to attack conservative talk radio? They had to abandon their war on talk radio since the fairness doctrine would have inevitably come back to bite the "mainstream media" outlets they own. The brainwashed drones just obey their masters and happily eat the propaganda they're being spoon feed.