Additionally, many autocrats throughout history have not relied on gradual power grabs. Sometimes they do. You're not teaching anyone anything about "history."
Fascists do indeed demonize the press and any dissenters. The problem you have here is that our major media is self-demonizing. Their behavior has been generally appalling and you yourself have repeated at least two of the greatest examples of their whoppers, rationalizing it, naturally, by asserting that they are professionals and thus they try to be objective and honest at all times. Your pathologies appear to be obvious to nearly everyone but yourself.