Why do people get so defensive when 'their side' is questioned? Is your solution to forever go back and forth silencing each other because the other guys did it first?

I am not picking sides. I think it's unprofessional for the president to constantly call things like 'Fake News', but I don't remember them going to cable companies to try and get them canceled. And if they did, I oppose that just the same.

Personally, I got so sick of all news being all Trump all the time, I question any claim that media was in any way silenced.

Obama did far more to silence opposing viewpoints than Trump did. But you probably don't know about what Obama did, because his administration's intimidation and jailing of reporters worked.

How many reporters did the Trump administration throw in jail?

Do you have a cite for the Obama reference? Quick google search says it's BS. Whereas Trump did recently threaten a reporter with jail time.

Michael Hastings mysteriously exploded during the Obama Administration, maybe that's what they're referring to.

Actually, 12 years

More like sixty-some; these tactics date at least back to McCarthy and the Unamerican Activities commitee.