themselves. this is unusual. it is an escalation of what he's been doing in going after the media. this targets reporters -- >> can i stop you there? but isn't this what hillary clinton's ally did with media matters? i have heard about this story. it sounds a lot like media matters. >> media matters no doubt did this on the left and other conservative groups have gone after the media more specifically -- or more broadly. what's different here is when you read the fund-raising pitch it is really to go after the individual reporters and really try to damage their credibility in public. to work with what they call friendly media outlets. to get this information into the public's sphere during the election to help trump and to hurt those reporters. and it comes -- we also reported over the weekend that they plan to escalate their attacks not just on the reporters but also on the big social media platforms. that their polling is showing that these attacks of bias whether it's mainstream media or social media continue to stir up the base. and the problem with all of t s