White House to send letter to news execs urging outlets to 'ramp up' scrutiny of GOP's Biden impeachment inquiry 'based on lies' | CNN Business
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The White House plans to send a letter to top US news executives on Wednesday, urging them to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite having found no evidence of a crime.

The White House plans to send a letter to top US news executives on Wednesday, urging them to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite having found no evidence of a crime.

“It’s time for the media to ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies,” Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, wrote in the letter, according to a draft copy obtained by CNN.

The letter, which said an impeachment inquiry with no supporting evidence should “set off alarm bells for news organizations,” will be sent to executives helming the nation’s largest news organizations, including CNN, The New York Times, Fox News, the Associated Press, CBS News, and others, a White House official familiar with the matter said.

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
    242·
    10 months ago

    I mean, I can’t entirely say I would blame the average conservative for seeing it that way. The optics of this move on the Biden administration are terrible. The impeachment attempt is bullshit, but Biden reaching out to the media to shine more of a spotlight on it does look like an attempt at collusion between the media and the Democrats. This is absolute candy to conservative conspiracy theorists.

    • Heresy_generator@kbin.social
      164·
      10 months ago

      The Democrats have been so disadvantaged by the media over the last decade that they’re now publicly begging them to actually investigate and cover the news thoroughly rather than regurgitating sensationalized Republican propaganda and that looks like collusion between the media and the Democrats to you?

      • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
        142·
        10 months ago

        No, as I said, to me it looks like a dumb move on Biden administration’s part, because it looks like a collusion attempt to conservatives. Maybe I could have worded that a little clearer, but that’s what I meant.

      • transigence@kbin.social
        11·
        10 months ago

        What world are you living in? All but one or two televised media outlets bend over backwards with big money to run cover for the left. Are you seriously suggesting that CNN, MSNBC, and ABC disadvantage the Democrats?

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
      72·
      10 months ago

      Assuming this is a data-based decision I’m guessing pollsters and their swingometers have decided that the conspiracy nuts are just a lost cause and this will win more independent votes than are in the delta of lost Republican apostate votes

    • phillaholic@lemm.ee
      41·
      10 months ago

      It doesn’t matter. Whatever Biden does or doesn’t do, right wing media blames him. Stop catering to these people. Facts are facts. Report them.