Good news for Ted Cruz that he’s no media darling

It’s a boon for Republican and populist candidates like the Iowa winner and his rival, Donald Trump, that they are disliked by a press of which many people are wary, says John Lloyd

In triumph in Iowa, US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz did not forget to say that it was the American people, not the media, who had chosen him.

A supporter emphasised the point by waving a placard in front of the camera, urging viewers: “Don’t believe the liberal media.”