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Trump and the media: Have we crossed the red line?

Quick quiz: Name just one press secretary who served under President Barack Obama or George W. Bush.

If you're Googling for answers, congratulations, and condolences: You're no different than most Americans.

Now ask yourself the same question about President Donald Trump's administration. It's likely you're rattling off names as spontaneously as a freestyle rapper.

Drop the mic. Take a victory lap. All those hours of flipping among CNN, MSNBC and Fox, watching wall-to-wall coverage of the Trump White House and everything that touches it, have finally proved useful. Addiction has it rewards.

And make no mistake, watching cable news is no longer just a casual pastime or a way to stay informed. It's an addiction, an American epidemic that started with a gateway drug known as the Trump presidency.

Checking in with first-name commentator anchors like Anderson, Rachel or Tucker for the latest developments, drama and crises emanating from the White House is

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