“These people know what they’re doing”: White House launches “media offender” list
The Trump administration has launched a new initiative in its war against less-than-glowing press coverage A Media Offender of the Week list is now live on the official White House website claiming that several outlets shared malicious stories about the president The inaugural run of the list focused on coverage of President Donald Trump s threats against several Democratic lawmakers who reminded military servicemembers of their ability to refuse illegal orders Trump called the stunt seditious and floated the death penalty for Sen Mark Kelly and others The page proposes CBS News The Independent and The Boston Globe misrepresented Trump s reaction and names the reporters involved with the story The Democrats and Fake News Media subversively implied that President Trump had issued illegal orders to operation members the White House insists Every order President Trump has issued has been lawful It is dangerous for sitting Members of Congress to incite insubordination in the United States military and President Trump called for them to be held accountable Related Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling A video at the top of the page slaps a stamp that reads seditious over the congresspeople involved in the video The president has never given an illegal order a voiceover indicates These people know what they are doing Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Curriculum During his first term Trump undermined the press by questioning the very nature of reality floating the concepts of fake news and alternative facts to turn his base against outlets that run negative stories about the president His second-term assault on press freedoms has been much more direct The president filed massive lawsuits against television networks that have spoken out against him using the implicit threat of his FCC to push for less critical coverage His administration has booted legacy outlets from the White House press pool upended coverage of the Department of Defense and opened up space for friendlier conservative media outlets On Halloween the administration declared new restrictions on which parts of the White House reporters can access Read more about this topic When fake news is dead serious From Dan Rather to Bari Weiss How far CBS News has fallen Without precedent News outlets reject Pentagon s new press rules The post These people know what they re doing White House launches media offender list appeared first on Salon com
