Trump administration’s ‘media bias’ list raises alarm, CPJ says 

Washington, D.C., December 1, 2025—A White House website purporting to tackle “media bias” in fact creates a skewed representation of the work of journalists and creates an environment that seems to deliberately undermine independent reporting in the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday.

The page, published on November 28 and accessed via whitehouse.gov/mediabias, posts a “Media Offender of the Week,” accusing outlets of unfair coverage against the administration’s policies and statements made by President Trump, according to multiple reports.

In its first update, the page accused outlets CBS News, The Boston Globe, and The Independent of being media that “misrepresents and exaggerates,” and listed the names of four reporters employed by those outlets.

“This latest move from the Trump administration should be a wakeup call to Americans that their tax dollars are being used to suppress, rather than encourage freedom of speech,” said CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen. “The Trump administration’s landing page creates a dangerous permission structure for attacks on journalists and an attempt to undermine newsrooms across the country. This type of behavior is more in line with an authoritarian regime, and has no place in a democracy.” 

The White House did not immediately respond to CPJ’s request for comment.

CPJ has detailed the Trump administration’s unprecedented moves that appear to target independent media in the report, “Alarm bells: Trump’s first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy,” as well as alerts and letters to the administration calling for respect for independent journalism.