It's called "sanewashing" and the MSM have been doing it to Trump's benefit and the country's detriment for years:

Four years ago, in an article for Media Matters for America, I warned that journalists were sanitizing Donald Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them more palatable for the average voter. The general practice went like this: The press would take something Trump said or did"for instance, using a visit to the Centers for Disease Control to ask about Fox News's ratings, insult then"Washington Governor Jay Inslee, rant about his attempt to extort Ukraine into digging up dirt on Joe Biden, and downplay the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the U.S."and write them up as The New York Times did: "Trump Says People Have to Remain Calm' Amid Coronavirus Outbreak." This had the effect of making it seem like Trump's words and actions seemed cogent and sensible for the vast majority of Americans who didn't happen to watch his rant live.

Flash-forward to today, and it's clear this problem has only worsened. As Trump's statements grow increasingly unhinged in his old age, major news outlets continue to reframe his words, presenting a dangerously misleading picture to the public. . . .

This "sanewashing" of Trump's statements isn't just poor journalism; it's a form of misinformation that poses a threat to democracy. By continually reframing Trump's incoherent and often dangerous rhetoric as conventional political discourse, major news outlets are failing in their duty to inform the public and are instead providing cover for increasingly erratic behavior from a former"and potentially future"president.