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White House pillories journalists on website
Updated 12/01/2025 – 11:47 p.mReading time: 24 minutes
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Bomb threats have been received against several offices of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer said he was informed by investigators in his state of New York that there had been threats against offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island.
The emails containing the threats said “MAGA” in the subject line. The emails also suggested that the 2020 presidential election, in which Democrat Joe Biden won, was manipulated – a recurring accusation from Trump. Schumer thanked security authorities, saying all offices were safe and no one was injured.
Trump repeatedly targets Schumer, one of his harsh critics. A few days ago, at a ceremony at the big American family festival Thanksgiving, where he traditionally pardoned two turkeys, he again attacked the Democrat. Trump explained that when he first saw pictures of the turkeys, he wanted to name them Chuck and Nancy – a reference to Democrats Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. “But then I realized I would never pardon her.”
The White House is justifying a new website on which it pilloried media outlets and individual journalists by name. This is in line with the promise to “hold the media accountable,” said government spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in response to a journalist’s question. She was particularly bothered by the working methods of media outlets that reported based on anonymous sources and accused them of publishing texts without asking the White House.
On the website entitled “Media Offender of the Week”, which has been accessible for a few days, the White House lists several media outlets and individual reporters who allegedly knowingly reported falsely about the US government under Donald Trump. The website also tries to present its own interpretation as “truth”.
As an example, the case from a few days ago is cited in which six members of Congress addressed members of the US military in a video: In this they asked the emergency services not to follow illegal orders. This is also what a federal law stipulates: Soldiers should only follow lawful orders. The US government – including Leavitt – has repeatedly interpreted the video differently and claimed that the video called on military personnel to refuse any orders from the commander in chief in the USA – that is the president.
