Whitehouse sends out new directives to it's vanguard

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https://thehill.com/homenews/4201615-white-house-urges-news-networks-to-increase-scrutiny-of-gops-biden-impeachment-inquiry/

The White House has sent a memo to news outlets, urging them to ramp up scrutiny of the House Republicans impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

The memo, titled "It's Time For The Media To Do More To Scrutinize House Republicans' Demonstrably False Claims That They're Basing Impeachment Stunt On," was sent by Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations.

The attempt to pressure the media comes a day after Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) moved Tuesday to direct House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into Biden, and underscores how the impeachment drive is likely to be a major factor as the White House and GOP leaders gear up for next year's elections.

The fight could also be an issue as Congress and the White House battle over funding the government. Lawmakers face a September 30 deadling to prevent a shutdown.

The Hill was among the organizations that received the memo, which criticized the press for focusing more on the process of the impeachment drive in the House than on its substance.

this quote coming the day after Biden claimed to be at Ground Zero the day after the 9/11 attacks is especially tone deaf.

The White House memo argues that news organizations are doing a disservice to the American public by covering impeachment just as a "a process story," like "Republicans say X, but the White House says Y."

"And in the modern media environment, where every day liars and hucksters peddle disinformation and lies everywhere from Facebook to Fox, process stories that fail to unpack the illegitimacy of the claims on which House Republicans are basing all their actions only serve to generate confusion, put false premises in people's feeds, and obscure the truth," Sams wrote.

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Operation mockingbird is alive and well.