"I'm dangerously close to having to defend Trump"
I wouldn't wish that task on anyone. Even Trump's highly paid professionals have a hard time defending him.
Bannon earned his reputation. Just Google about him and you can sit back an enjoy a barrage of quotes and views that flirt with white supremacy.
This is not a media issue. Trump is to blame for a complete lack of normalcy. The media is scrambling to figure out how to work with a delusional liar.
It's not like the media is delusional and inventing crowds that don't exist along with millions of illegal Hillary voters and obsessing over it. Trump's media woes are wholly of Trump's own making. The man is thinned skinned, unbalanced and a prolific liar. He is proving quite quickly that he is completely incompetent for the job. None of that is the media's fault.