White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went off on the New York Times on Monday, comparing coverage of President Trump and Joe Biden in response to a question about the White House’s new fake news portal on their official website.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the White House rolled out a new page on the official White House website featuring the worst offenders in the fake news media in a “hall of shame” for their lies and misreporting.
The page features a “record of the media’s false and misleading stories flagged by The White House” with a comprehensive database. This allows users to find examples of specific news outlets and reporters with offenses in several categories, including bias, circular reporting, failure to report, false claims, left-wing lunacy, lies, malpractice, mischaracterization, misrepresentation, omission of context, and woke.
The Boston Globe, CBS, and the Independent were named this week’s “Media Offender of the Week” for their coverage of the Democrats’ calls for sedition and Trump’s calls for accountability.
On Monday, radio host John Fredricks asked what the intent of the fake news portal was, and Leavitt’s answer did not disappoint.
She pointed to the failing New York Times’ reporting, specifically, slamming the outlet for recent reporting on President Trump’s fitness.
“And I will point out one fake news story over the weekend, before I let you all go, from the New York Times that took about 1/3 of the President’s daily calendar and his daily schedule and said that he’s doing less than he did in his first term, or he might not be fit for the job,” she said, noting that the claim is “unequivocally false.” She continued, “You all see him almost every single day. He is the most accessible president in history. He is taking meetings around the clock.”
Then, she slammed the same reporter for writing an article that claims “Biden is doing 100% fine after tripping while boarding Air Force One” and a different story, claiming, “Biden was healthy and vigorous after his first presidential physical.”
WATCH:
Fredricks: The White House launched a new fake news portal, which I found interesting. What is your objective with that, ultimately, and are you going to name the news networks, and are you also going to name some of the correspondents, some which may be here today?
Leavitt: Yes, we are. I’m glad you noticed, much to the dismay of some of your colleagues in the room, John. And I think it goes to our original promise on day one to hold the media accountable because, unfortunately— and we deal with this all day, every day around here— there are so many fake stories that are unfortunately written that have inaccurate characterizations of meetings that took place, and it’s all based on anonymous sourcing. And you know, the standard for journalism, unfortunately, has dropped to such a historic low in this country.
And again, we deal with it every day, where you can have an anonymous source, who has no idea what they’re talking about, zero credibility, call up a reporter in Washington and say, “Hey, I heard this,” and then the next thing you know, it’s on the front page of The New York Times. It’s really incomprehensible. We appreciate the journalists, some of those who are in this room, who do reach out for comment, who try to get things right. And there are some that remain, but overwhelmingly the fake news that we see pumped out of this building on a day to day basis, it’s honestly overwhelming to keep up with it all and to constantly have to defend against these fake news and these attacks.
And I will point out one fake news story over the weekend, before I let you all go, from the New York Times that took about 1/3 of the President’s daily calendar and his daily schedule and said that he’s doing less than he did in his first term, or he might not be fit for the job. That is unequivocally false, and it’s deeply unfortunate that this story was written by the same outlet and the same reporter who wrote this: “Biden is doing 100% fine after tripping while boarding Air Force One.” Oh? Same outlet, same reporter who wrote that President Trump is not fit for the job. Are you kidding me? You all see him almost every single day. He is the most accessible president in history. He is taking meetings around the clock.
Another one: Biden declared, “healthy and vigorous after his first presidential physical.” Hmm, I don’t see headlines like that too often about this president. Again, same reporter, same outlet who wrote— falsely— over the weekend that President Trump is not fit for the job. I can assure you, he absolutely is. You all see that with your own eyes on a daily basis, and the President’s physician has now given you all three detailed reports on the state of the President’s health.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Leavitt read out a summary of President Trump’s MRI results from the President’s physician, Sean Barabella, during the press briefing on Monday, debunking fake news claims that the President’s cognitive health is deteriorating.
See the full leter from Trump’s physician here:
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