According to an email obtained by CNN, the White House has sent some of America’s largest media outlets a letter on how to cover the Biden impeachment inquiry. The draft copy of the letter indicated it would be sent to CNN, the New York Times, Associated Press and others, and CNN reported the letter has been sent.
The letter urges the media to “scrutinize” House Republicans for their decision to open an impeachment inquiry.
“Stories that fail to unpack the illegitimacy of the claims on which House Republicans are basing all their actions only serve to generate confusion, put false premises in people’s feeds, and obscure the truth,” White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in the draft email. “Covering impeachment as a process story — Republicans say X, but the White House says Y — is a disservice to the American public who relies on the independent press to hold those in power accountable.”
It appears that left and right-leaning news outlets are presenting different angles in their coverage of this event.
The New York Post — a source that Ground.News considers to be a right-leaning news organization — wrote, “The missive has raised eyebrows over concerns about the White House dictating editorial direction.”
The Post also quoted a post on X, formerly Twitter, from journalist Matthew Keys, who wrote, “This is not okay. The White House should not be encouraging, influencing or interfering in the editorial strategies of America’s newsrooms, including CNN and the New York Times.”
CNN, a left-leaning news outlet according to Ground.News, reported, “House Republicans, most of whom have denied that disgraced former President Donald Trump committed any wrongdoing, have long sought to baselessly portray Biden as a corrupt, crime-ridden politician engaged in sinister activities.”
The CNN report further states, “While news organizations have published innumerable fact checks on the matter, they have also often failed to robustly call out the mis- and disinformation peddled by Republicans in their coverage, frustrating officials in the Biden White House who believe that the news media should be doing more.”
On Friday, Sept. 8, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the White House likely violated the First Amendment when it pressured social media companies to censor posts about COVID-19. The White House letter to media has renewed concerns about what information is being received by the American people.
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