The Biden administration has recently spread the news that the White House press corps has been infiltrated! A user has been impersonating a reporter since the end of last year and has successfully asked questions to the White House. In addition, the fake reporter opened an account on Twitter, but also tricked a group of real journalists and White House officials to follow, causing the outside world hot debate.
According to the U.S. political news network “Politico” reported that the Internet user named Kacey Montagu, last December, claiming to be a reporter for the “White House News” (White House News), but in fact there is no such agency. In addition, Montagu also posed as a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association and a reporter for the Daily Mail, a British media outlet, and changed his self-promotion when communicating with other journalists or White House officials, playing a trick on the others.
The newspaper pointed out that the White House press room was originally restricted to accredited journalists, plus the current impact of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19), the number of people who can participate in each regular press conference will be even smaller, so many journalists will entrust their colleagues to help ask questions. Montague took advantage of this opportunity to send emails to other journalists, asking them to ask questions on their behalf.
According to the report, Montague’s clients include The Plain Dealer, a mainstream Ohio newspaper, CQ Roll Call and The Washington Blade. Montague has also emailed direct questions to White House press officials and obtained personal financial reports from White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. In total, Montague has successfully asked the White House questions four times.
In addition, Montague also set up a Twitter account to republish information about the schedules of President Joe Biden and Vice President He Jinli, which attracted many people to follow, including real journalists and White House officials.
After the news came out, it caused a lot of controversy. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to the White House. As for Montague’s real identity is still unclear, he refused to disclose more personal information.
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