Washington – The White House launched a new section on its website dedicated to… “Half the criminal of the week.” With the intention of reprimanding the media that publishes remarks that the administration Donald Trump Consider it biased or false against the president or his government.
The site aims to be a “record of False and misleading stories The government said in a statement: “By the White House.”
The new page is presented with the title “Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” followed by a list of media outlets and journalists with links to stories that the government says include omissions of context, lies, mischaracterizations, bias or malpractice.
Then give it a name Boston GlobeCBS News and The Independent They called her “the media abuser of the week”, accusing her of distorting Trump’s statements about her Six Democratic lawmakers Who posted a video encouraging the army not to follow illegal orders.
The controversy arose after Trump accused the Democrats of this “Seditious behavior punishable by death” On social networks. He also re-published a statement that included the words: “Leave them hanging.”
“Democrats and the fake media They implied subversively The website stated: “President Trump gave illegal orders to service members.” “All orders issued by President Trump were lawful. It is dangerous for members of Congress to incite insurrection in the US Armed Forces, and President Trump has called for them to be held accountable,” the text adds.
The site also includes a “Hall of shame for violators.” The Washington Post appears first, followed by MSNBC, CBS News, and CNN, New York Times, political and The Wall Street Journal. All these means They gave up their press credentials at the Pentagon Last month after it aired New rules Which requires prior authorization from defense officials before disseminating information.
The White House has disputed at least four Washington Post articles, including a report claiming the U.S. Coast Guard no longer classifies Swastika and noose As symbols of hate, a measure that the Coast Guard retracted after the report.
The newspaper referred to the new section of the White House as the latest expression Because of Trump’s criticism of traditional media, Expressed in the ongoing lawsuits against Wall Street Journal and New York TimesAnd high-profile deals with ABC and CBS, and a barrage of insults against the news organizations he has long called out “Enemies of the people.”
In recent weeks, Trump has made a series of personal insults to journalists. “Shut up, you pig,” he replied to a reporter from Bloomberg. A journalist described who New York Times like “Third-rate reporter, ugly inside and out.” In the Social Truth publication. He contacted a CBS News reporter “turd” In response to your questions about Afghan refugees in the United States.
The site even criticized Fox News, an outlet considered somewhat close to Trump, although it did so in error. A Fox News spokesperson explained that the criticism was misdirected. Because the site incorrectly identified one of the journalists as belonging to that media outlet. The White House removed the mention of Fox News after the network raised objections.
Seth Stern, advocacy director at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told The Washington Post that Trump made clear his problem was not media bias, but that. “Journalists do not flatter him or repeat his lies.”
“People understand the obvious underlying conflict That the presidential administration declares itself an arbiter of media bias, “I expect that after the first wave of propaganda, few Americans will care about this latest maneuver,” he declared. “The trick loses its power.”