Is the US media to deferential toward all politicians in general and Trump in particular?

The Intercept has an “article/podcast” entitled Will the media ever stand up to Trump in which they point out the fawning, servile nature of US media reporters and journalists toward Trump and other politicians. They point out that you would never see someone in the US media confront a politician the way Jeremy Paxman interviewing the Senior Conservative politician Michael Howard (below).

Jeremy Paxman: Derek Lewis says Howard had certainly told me that the governor of Parkhurst should be suspended and had threatened to overrule me. Are you saying Mr. Lewis is lying?

Michael Howard: I have given a full account of this and the position is —

JP: Did you threaten to overrule him?

MH: I did not overrule Derek Lewis.

JP: Did you threaten to overrule him?

MH: I took advice on what I could or could not do.

JP: Did you threaten to overrule him?

MH: … I acted scrupulously in accordance with that advice. I did not overrule Derek Lewis.

JP: Did you threaten to overrule him?

MH: Mr. Marriott was not suspended.

JP: Did you threaten to overrule him?

Do you think the US media will ever grow the balls to challenge politicians or will they continue to let them off the hook at the first sign of resistance. Will we ever see true reporting or will it just remain the pap that we are served every day?