White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt observed during her press briefings that the legacy media “has been blinded by anti-Trump bias.”
In an interview on the premiere episode of Lara Trump’s show “My View” on Saturday, the president’s daughter-in-law asked Leavitt how she prepares her briefings when “you know you’re going to face some hostile media.”
“Well, first of all, I look forward to it,” Leavitt told Lara Trump. “And I relish the opportunity to bring the truth and the facts to the podium.”
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“Unfortunately, the mainstream media has been blinded by this bias, this anti-Trump bias,” she continued. “And it’s actually quite sad because rather than dealing with people who are truly interested in journalistic integrity and finding out the truth in the facts, they’re coming into that room with a preconceived narrative and bias.”
“The president speaks the truth. He speaks his mind directly,” Leavitt added. “It’s just my job to prepare and figure out what the truth is versus what the fake news narratives are, and then just bring that to the podium.”
The Trump administration has put the legacy corporate media on notice after the president banned The Associated Press from Air Force One and the Oval Office over its refusal to use the term “Gulf of America.”
Meanwhile, White House has implemented a new policy allowing for voices in “new media” and content creators to ask questions during press briefings.
Leavitt said in her first press briefing that she would “call out” the fake news media for their “lies” and distortions.
Watch the full Leavitt interview: