Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre criticized President Donald Trump's media strategies, comparing them to authoritarian control seen in North Korea and Russia. In her interview on The View, she pointed out actions like the White House's selection of press pool members and the ban on the Associated Press for not adopting Trump's terminology regarding the Gulf of America. Jean-Pierre emphasized that such moves undermine the integrity of the press and threaten the foundation of unbiased reporting essential for a democratic society.
If you look at the Associated Press, they are the oldest wire in the press briefing room. And you think about journalists, you think about the reason they're in the press briefing room, you think about the reason they're in the pool, it's called a protective pool, there are 13 members of the pool I'm trying not to get too wonky here and their job is to provide unbiased information to the American people because the American people deserve that. And when the White House press team decides to step in and override the White House Correspondents' Association, who they have the job of doing that, then what we're looking at is state TV. What we're looking at is what Russia is doing. What we're looking at is what North Korea is doing. And we are doing they are attacking the fiber of the freedom of the press, they are destroying it because they want to be covered in a friendly way.
Karine Jean-Pierre contended that the actions of the White House, especially in controlling press pool access and rejecting coverage from the AP, mirror authoritarian tactics used in oppressive regimes, highlighting a dangerous trend in American governance.
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