“We need an independent media to hold people like me to account,” 

Absolutely.
But, unfortunately, that didn't happen in Bush's eight years in power.
And it didn't happen in Obama's eight years in power. It gave Bush a free pass after his illegal War on Iraq. It said nothing critical of Obama for eight years.
 Clearly, the media isn't independent of the government. It isn't a watchdog on the government as it was only a few decades ago. As a billionaires club, it has its own global economy corporate agenda. It no longer cares about democracy or the common working people. (This is the case in Canada as well).
   That's why, with its war agenda,refugee and  immigrant agenda, free trade, international corporate profit priority, it's unwillingness to properly inform the people or provide a check on government and corporations, it's refusal to cover working people's issues., its clear Trump is correct - the media is the enemy of the people.