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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump gets his own Drudge Report-type website so White House can push pro-president news
The White House has launched a Drudge Report-like political website collecting pro-Trump news stories, the administration's latest attempt to sidestep critical mainstream media coverage. The site, White House Wire, features familiar Drudge-style all-caps headlines and upbeat stories about the administration from outlets including Fox News and The Daily Caller, as well as the administration's own X posts. "It's a place for supporters of the president's agenda to get the real news all in one place in a shareable and readable format," an administration official told Axios. "The website will be a one-stop shop for news and is part of the Trump administration's effort to provide transparency and institute policies that put America first," they added. On the original Drudge Report, the long-running political blog mocked the move, with a headline that read, 'IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE.' The wire is part of a familiar strategy for the president, who launched his own social media service, Truth Social, after being temporarily banned from mainstream social media platforms. Donald Trump has long been critical of the mainstream media and what he sees as an anti-Trump bias, and this animosity has continued since he returned to office. The White House moved to bar the standard-setting Associated Press from key events because it refused to adopt the administration's unilaterally adopted 'Gulf of America' to describe the Gulf of Mexico, though a judge restored access in April. (The administration has appealed.) It has also begun opening new spots in the White House briefing room to Trump-friendly 'new media' figures, as well as hosting specific briefings for influencers and other social media content creators with a largely pro-MAGA bent. In April, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed private company that supports public media across the U.S., sued the administration, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of its board of directors. Republicans are pushing to eliminate public funding from the corporation, which supports projects like National Public Radio stations, and the White House has suggested it could claw back more than $1 billion allocated for public broadcasting.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump gets his own Drudge Report-type website so White House can push pro-president news
The White House has launched a Drudge Report-like political website collecting pro-Trump news stories, the administration's latest attempt to sidestep critical mainstream media coverage. The site, White House Wire, features familiar Drudge-style all-caps headlines and upbeat stories about the administration from outlets including Fox News and The Daily Caller, as well as the administration's own X posts. "It's a place for supporters of the president's agenda to get the real news all in one place in a shareable and readable format," an administration official told Axios. "The website will be a one-stop shop for news and is part of the Trump administration's effort to provide transparency and institute policies that put America first," they added. On the original Drudge Report, the long-running political blog mocked the move, with a headline that read, 'IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE.' The wire is part of a familiar strategy for the president, who launched his own social media service, Truth Social, after being temporarily banned from mainstream social media platforms. Donald Trump has long been critical of the mainstream media and what he sees as an anti-Trump bias, and this animosity has continued since he returned to office. The White House moved to bar the standard-setting Associated Press from key events because it refused to adopt the administration's unilaterally adopted 'Gulf of America' to describe the Gulf of Mexico, though a judge restored access in April. (The administration has appealed.) It has also begun opening new spots in the White House briefing room to Trump-friendly 'new media' figures, as well as hosting specific briefings for influencers and other social media content creators with a largely pro-MAGA bent. In April, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed private company that supports public media across the U.S., sued the administration, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of its board of directors. Republicans are pushing to eliminate public funding from the corporation, which supports projects like National Public Radio stations, and the White House has suggested it could claw back more than $1 billion allocated for public broadcasting.
The Independent
01-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Trump gets his own Drudge Report-type website so White House can push pro-president news
The White House has launched a Drudge Report-like political website collecting pro-Trump news stories, the administration 's latest attempt to sidestep critical mainstream media coverage. The site, White House Wire, features familiar Drudge-style all-caps headlines and upbeat stories about the administration from outlets including Fox News and The Daily Caller, as well as the administration's own X posts. "It's a place for supporters of the president's agenda to get the real news all in one place in a shareable and readable format," an administration official told Axios. "The website will be a one-stop shop for news and is part of the Trump administration's effort to provide transparency and institute policies that put America first," they added. On the original Drudge Report, the long-running political blog mocked the move, with a headline that read, 'IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE.' The wire is part of a familiar strategy for the president, who launched his own social media service, Truth Social, after being temporarily banned from mainstream social media platforms. Donald Trump has long been critical of the mainstream media and what he sees as an anti-Trump bias, and this animosity has continued since he returned to office. The White House moved to bar the standard-setting Associated Press from key events because it refused to adopt the administration's unilaterally adopted 'Gulf of America' to describe the Gulf of Mexico, though a judge restored access in April. (The administration has appealed.) It has also begun opening new spots in the White House briefing room to Trump-friendly 'new media' figures, as well as hosting specific briefings for influencers and other social media content creators with a largely pro-MAGA bent. In April, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed private company that supports public media across the U.S., sued the administration, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of its board of directors. Republicans are pushing to eliminate public funding from the corporation, which supports projects like National Public Radio stations, and the White House has suggested it could claw back more than $1 billion allocated for public broadcasting.
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Trump launches his own Drudge Report called White House Wire; targets ‘fake news'
President Donald Trump has launched his own Drudge Report-like website called White House Wire ( on Wednesday, in a massive step to counter 'fake news' and mainstream media. The platform is designed to promote pro-Trump news stories and sidestep publishers that are critical of the president. Styled just like the Drudge Report, the site features a bulletin-board layout with columns of links to articles celebrating Trump's policies and achievements. Read More: Donald Trump on fallout from trade war: 'US kids may get 2 dolls instead of 30' Headlines include "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST 100 DAYS IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY" (Fox News), "Border shutdown tops list of Trump's successes at 100 days" (Washington Times), and "The President's First 100 Days Is a Return to American Greatness" (Newsweek op-ed by Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall). Other links direct to Trump's recent ABC News interview, with a ticker reading '24/7 FOURTY-SEVEN'. The launch of White House Wire marks a bold escalation in the Trump administration's ongoing battle with establishment media. This move follows other media-related actions, such as inviting Trump-friendly outlets and personalities to White House briefings while restricting access for mainstream organizations like the Associated Press, which faced penalties after refusing to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" the 'Gulf of America.' Read More: Inside US-Ukraine mineral deal: Kyiv gets massive haircut, EU boost in big blow to Russia The site's design draws inspiration from the Drudge Report, a conservative-leaning platform that gained fame in the 1990s for breaking the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. However, unlike Drudge, which has grown critical of Trump in recent years, White House Wire exclusively promotes pro-Trump content. A White House official described White House Wire as a 'one-stop shop' for Trump supporters. "It's a place for supporters of the president's agenda to get the real news all in one place in a shareable and readable format," they told Axios "The website will be a one- stop shop for news and is part of the the Trump administration's effort to provide transparency and institute policies that put America first," they further added.
