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White House demands Politico retract articles about Susie Wiles

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The White House counsel’s office has demanded that Politico retract a series of articles about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, according to the outlets reporting the letter. The White House said the articles were demonstrably false and defamatory and threatened consequences. Fox News reports that the White House gave Politico 48 hours to retract. The articles claimed that President Donald Trump was considering replacing Wiles. The Hill reports that Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a separate story about Wiles and the firing of press secretary Katie Zacharia, after the story said Wiles helped set up Zacharia’s Fox News interviews.

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The White House counsel’s office sent Politico a letter demanding that it retract its recent articles about Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
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The Independent
Center
The Hill
Far Right
Just the News, Fox News
The White House said the articles were demonstrably false and threatened consequences.
Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
The Independent
Center
The Hill
Far Right
Just the News, Fox News
The White House gave Politico 48 hours to retract its reporting.
One outletFox News· Far Right
The articles claimed that President Donald Trump was considering replacing Wiles as chief of staff.
One outletFox News· Far Right
Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story that said Wiles helped set up press secretary Katie Zacharia’s Fox News interviews before her firing.
One outletThe Hill· Center

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Politico’s articles about Susie Wiles were demonstrably false and defamatory.
The White House counsel’s office says the articles are demonstrably false and defamatory and demands retraction. The Hill reports that Politico corrected one point in a story about Wiles and Zacharia’s firing.

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All three sides report that the White House counsel demanded Politico retract its articles about Susie Wiles and warned of consequences. Right and left headlines center the White House demand, while the center headline leads with Politico’s correction of its story on Wiles and Zacharia’s firing.

the left
1 outlet
The Independent’s headline frames the event as a White House demand that Politico retract and apologize to Trump, quoting the threat to face the consequences.
White House demands Politico retracts articles and apologize to Trump or ‘face the consequences’: report
The IndependentLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
1 outlet
The Hill’s headline leads with Politico’s correction to its story on Wiles and places the White House threat of consequences after it.
Politico corrects story on Susie Wiles after White House threatens ‘consequences’
The HillCenterAll center headlines
the right
2 outlets
Right-side headlines put the White House demand and its threat of consequences first, with Just the News and Fox News both using the White House’s own words.
White House threatens Politico with 'consequences' if it doesn't retract Susie Wiles reporting
Fox NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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widely panned
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slammed

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slammedMore neutral: criticized
Describes the letter’s criticism with a word that adds force beyond the content of the letter.
…editor-in-chief Jonathan Greenberger on Monday, White House counsel William Scharf slammed three "demonstrably false and defamatory articles" about Wiles, including claims that…
Used byFox News (Far Right)
Vague attribution
widely pannedMore neutral: a series of media interviews
The description says a series of interviews was widely panned without naming any critic who panned it.
…reported that Wiles helped set up interviews for Zacharia on Fox News, a widely panned series of media...
Used byThe Hill (Center)

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From the left

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White House demand to retract and apologize
Accusation of defamatory articles
Threat of consequences

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The IndependentLeft
White House demands Politico retracts articles and apologize to Trump or ‘face the consequences’: report
Counsel to the President William Scharf accuses outlet of publishing ‘series of demonstrably false and defamatory articles in an apparent effort to manufacture a narrative of dysfunction and infighting’
4 hr agoRead at The Independent (opens in a new tab)

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1 outlet

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Politico correction on Zacharia firing backstory
White House threat of consequences
Wiles’s alleged role in Fox News interviews

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The HillCenter
Politico corrects story on Susie Wiles after White House threatens ‘consequences’
Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story it published about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and the backstory on what led to ousted press secretary Katie Zacharia's firing last week. …
1 hr agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

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White House demand and 48-hour deadline
Threat of consequences
Wiles reporting on possible replacement

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Fox NewsFar Right
White House threatens Politico with 'consequences' if it doesn't retract Susie Wiles reporting
White House counsel William Scharf gave Politico 48 hours to retract its reporting claiming President Donald Trump was mulling replacing chief of staff Susie Wiles.
2 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
Just the NewsFar Right
White House demands Politico retract 'demonstrably false' articles or face consequences
A letter from the White House counsel's office to Politico's global editor-in-chief, demands the outlet retract articles published last week concerning White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles or face "appropriate and available legal remedies."
15 hr agoRead at Just the News (opens in a new tab)

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First to report
The Independent, Oct 22, 6:40 AM EDT
Center
3 hr 18 min later
Its first report, Oct 22, 9:58 AM EDT
Right
1 hr 46 min later
Its first report, Oct 22, 8:26 AM EDT

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The IndependentLeftOct 22, 6:40 AM EDT
Fox NewsFar RightOct 22, 8:26 AM EDT
The HillCenterOct 22, 9:58 AM EDT

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White House demands Politico retract articles about Susie Wiles

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From the left

White House demands Politico retracts articles and apologize to Trump or ‘face the consequences’: report

From the center

Politico corrects story on Susie Wiles after White House threatens ‘consequences’

From the right

White House threatens Politico with 'consequences' if it doesn't retract Susie Wiles reporting

White House demands Politico retract 'demonstrably false' articles or face consequences

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