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<div class="item-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; clear: both; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 153, 255);">The White House Press Room Has Become A Sanctuary For "Alt-Right," Pro-Trump Fringe Media Personalities</h2>The Gateway Pundit Now Has A Spot In The White House Press Briefing Room. Jim Hoft, “the internet’s most hapless political blogger,” and his website The Gateway Pundit have been granted access to the White House press briefing and have their own correspondent, Lucian Wintrich, there to “ask fawning questions that support President Donald Trump and troll the other reporters.” [Media Matters, <a href="https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/13/dangerous-troll-now-reporting-white-house/215320" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">2/13/17</a>, <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/03/13/pro-trump-correspondent-explicitly-white-house-troll-journalists/215650" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">3/13/17</a>]Infowars’ Alex Jones: “We’ve Already Been Offered” White House Press Credentials. Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who believes both the Sandy Hook massacre and the 9/11 terrorist attacks were perpetrated by the government, stated on January 25 that his fringe website Infowars had been offered White House press credentials. [Media Matters, <a href="https://mediamatters.org/video/2017/01/26/alex-jones-says-infowars-has-been-invited-trump-s-white-house-press-briefings/215136" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">1/26/17</a>]An Author At The Federalist Papers Project Was Invited Into A Briefing Via Skype And Got To Ask A Question. Jason Stevens, who writes for the hyperpartisan right-wing Federalist Papers Project -- which traffics in clickbait headlines, racist content, and misleading reporting -- got to ask a question via Skype at a White House press briefing in February. [Media Matters, <a href="https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/14/10-headlines-federalist-papers-project-which-white-house-just-invited-daily-briefing/215345" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">2/14/17</a>]Laura Ingraham’s LifeZette Got To Ask The First Question At A Briefing. Laura Ingraham’s website LifeZette, which traffics in hyperpartisan reporting and “frequently posts articles of dubious veracity,” got to ask the first question during a White House press briefing in January. [The Intercept, <a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/laura-ingraham-lifezette/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">11/26/16</a>, Vanity Fair, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/spicer-white-house-lifezette" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">1/25/17</a>]Breitbart.com Has  Deep Ties To The White House. Breitbart.com used to be run by chief White House strategist Steve Bannon, who called the website “the platform for the alt-right.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer granted Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering an exclusive interview, and Breitbart reporter Matthew Boyle got to ask the first question during Trump’s first presidential press conference and has been called on during other White House press briefings. [Media Matters, <a href="https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/09/sean-spicer-grants-exclusive-interview-breitbartcom/215286" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">2/9/17</a>, Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/826503022918434816" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">1/31/17</a>]</div>https://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=jason%20stevens
https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/14/10-headlines-federalist-papers-project-which-white-house-just-invited-daily-briefing/215345The Federalist Papers Project is a hyperpartisan right-wing website that traffics in clickbait headlines, racist content, and misleading stories. And one of its authors just got to ask a question at the White House press briefing.Jason Stevens, <a href="http://thefederalistpapers.org/author/jstevens" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">author</a> at The Federalist Papers Project, <a href="https://mediamatters.org/embed/clips/2017/02/14/52287/20170214-tfpppressbriefing" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">asked</a> a question via Skype to White House press secretary Sean Spicer on February 14 about regulatory reform. The Federalist Papers Project has, until now, not had a seat in the White House press briefing room.The <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/12/15/understanding-fake-news-universe/214819" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">hyperpartisan</a> right-wing website regularly pushes outlandish articles that border on fake news. Similar to websites known as fake news purveyors that share a combination of fake news and other types of content -- like real news or misleading information -- the Federalist Papers Project publishes its stories with exaggerated clickbait headlines, out-of-context quotes, and racist themes.In addition to the <a href="http://www.snopes.com/embassy-removes-july-4/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">various</a> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/denmark-socialism-brutal-meme/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Federalist Papers Project</a> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">stories</a> that have been <a href="http://www.snopes.com/swedish-police-bracelets/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">rated</a> as half-true, or “mixture,” statements by fact-checking site Snopes.com, here are some other problematic headlines that the site has published:<img alt="" height="102" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/1.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="119" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/2.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="76" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/3.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="98" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/4.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="97" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/5.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="67" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/6.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="104" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/7.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="104" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/8.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="73" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/9.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" /><img alt="" height="92" src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/02/14/10.png" width="645" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 645px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;" />Throughout the election, now-President <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/09/21/trump-s-11-biggest-lies-debate-moderators-should-be-prepared-address/213234" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Donald Trump</a> and his <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/12/06/here-are-5-people-close-trump-who-have-propagated-fake-news/214730" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">associates</a> frequently peddled lies and pushed fake news stories and conspiracy theories, and they <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/11/28/trump-s-fake-election-claims-came-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-media-isn-t-reporting/214635" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">were in regular contact</a> with <a href="http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/09/21/alex-jones-discusses-his-personal-phone-calls-donald-trump-plans-give-him-advice-snowden-issue/213242" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">conspiracy website</a>InfoWars. Since his inauguration, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/video/2017/02/05/trump-caught-spreading-debunked-news-story-facebook-build-support-his-muslim-ban/215246" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Trump</a> and his <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2017/02/06/white-house-using-fake-news-lie-baselessly-discredit-anti-trump-protests/215251" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">cadre of aides</a> have continued <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/13/problem-goes-way-beyond-kellyanne-conway-trump-s-tv-surrogates-constantly-lie/215321" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">parroting</a> fake news stories. The Gateway Pundit, a website that regularly publishes <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2017/01/25/22-times-jim-hoft-and-gateway-pundit-were-absurdly-wrong/215106" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">false stories</a> and conspiracy theories, has also been <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/13/dangerous-troll-now-reporting-white-house/215320" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">given</a> a press briefing credential, and InfoWars’ Alex Jones <a href="http://mediamatters.org/video/2017/01/26/alex-jones-says-infowars-has-been-invited-trump-s-white-house-press-briefings/215136" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">claims</a> that he has <a href="http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/01/what-it-would-mean-have-infowars-white-house-press-room/215204" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">been offered</a> White House credentials.