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White House Debuts Media Bias Portal With 'Hall of Shame' and Tipline

Press advocates warn the government-run site escalates efforts to discredit independent news.

Overview

  • Launched over Thanksgiving weekend, the portal named The Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent as inaugural “media offender of the week” targets.
  • The site features an Offender Hall of Shame and a leaderboard of 21 outlets, with The Washington Post leading the list and no conservative outlets cited.
  • A public tipline invites users to submit examples of alleged bias, with the press office saying help is needed to flag false or misleading stories.
  • Journalists and free-press groups condemn the project, while the conservative Media Research Center welcomes it as a stronger push to call out perceived bias.
  • The rollout comes as the administration pursues media-access fights in court, including litigation involving The Associated Press, and as coverage reports a New York Times suit over new restrictions.