{"id":1959815,"date":"2023-06-28T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T23:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-unsure-of-whether-white-house-will-kill-him-i-dont-know-what-they-will-do-next\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T19:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T23:48:32","slug":"reporter-unsure-of-whether-white-house-will-kill-him-i-dont-know-what-they-will-do-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-unsure-of-whether-white-house-will-kill-him-i-dont-know-what-they-will-do-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter fears for his safety amid uncertainty from White House."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freporter-unsure-of-whether-white-house-will-kill-him-i-dont-know-what-they-will-do-next%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Reporter Unsure of Whether White House Will Kill Him: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know What They Will Do Next&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m safe, I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll kill me, I don\u2019t know what they will do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That statement wasn\u2019t made by a journalist in North Korea or Syria; it was made by Today News Africa chief White House correspondent Simon Ateba to WMAL host and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/28\/simon-ateba-white-house-assassinate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a> editorial director Vince Coglianese after the White House not only refused to let him ask his question but, in effect, erased him from the recording of the briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, Ateba interrupted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-agents-blow-whistle-white-house-press-secretarys-claim-either-extremely-dumb-flat-lying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Press Secretary<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre in an attempt to have his question answered, which resulted in Jean-Pierre threatening to conclude the event.<\/p>\n<p>When the White House recording was uploaded to YouTube, the interactions involving Ateba had been edited out, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2023\/06\/26\/white_house_scrubs_video_of_reporter_simon_ateba_confronting_karine_jean-pierre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The edited version:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The White House has edited out every interaction between KJP and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba?\">@simonateba<\/a> from their YouTube livestream. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QxAgEWFItc\">pic.twitter.com\/QxAgEWFItc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McMahon (@Kevin__McMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin__McMahon\/status\/1673423828683223052?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The unedited version:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Simon Ateba is back at it again in the press briefing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BXTT4gfbw\">pic.twitter.com\/4BXTT4gfbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1673404146274258944?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the unedited version of the White House briefing video, Ateba can be heard accusing the White House of discriminating against him.<\/p>\n<p>Ateba said, \u201cSo are you going to take questions from me?\u2026 because you\u2019ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-hires-obamas-attorney-general-amid-racial-discrimination-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discriminating<\/a> against me for the past nine months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interaction continued, ending with Jean-Pierre calling Ateba \u201cincredibly rude\u201d for the interruption. She then stated if Ateba persisted in interrupting, the press briefing would be brought to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-senate-republicans-pile-on-pressure-to-approve-2k-stimulus-payments\/\" title=\"President Trump, Senate Republicans pile on pressure to approve K stimulus payments\">briefing room<\/a>. I\u2019ve been trying to ask you one question when I am on,\u201d Ateba said. \u201cYou\u2019re not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-to-joe-biden-on-china-stop-playing-games-with-bullies\/\" title=\"Enes Kanter to Joe Biden on China: 'Stop Playing Games with Bullies'\">giving freedom<\/a> of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2023\/06\/26\/white_house_scrubs_video_of_reporter_simon_ateba_confronting_karine_jean-pierre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics<\/a>, Ateba hasn\u2019t been allowed to ask a question in nine months.<\/p>\n<p>After Fox News reached out to The White House about the edited video, the White House restored the missing portion of the video and informed them that it was a result of an error in the encoder responsible for transmitting the live stream to YouTube, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/white-house-blames-technical-glitch-removal-jean-pierres-hostile-exchange-reporter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>How convenient.<\/p>\n<p>Ateba and probably the rest of the straight-thinking population of this country have serious doubts about it being a \u201ctechnical error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that Ateba said he has been consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ivy-league-orientation-packet-tells-students-whether-privileged-marginalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marginalized<\/a> and iced out of White House events, his emails go unanswered, and he has been ignored in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-takes-a-shot-at-trump-admin-then-says-we-should-return-to-a-degree-of-normalcy-by-fall-video\/\" title=\"Fauci Takes a Shot at Trump Admin, Then Says We Should Return to a \u201cDegree of Normalcy\u201d by Fall (VIDEO)\">press briefings<\/a> for months.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ateba, if the White House considers a reporter problematic, they resort to blacklisting tactics. They ignore their questions and emails and prevent them from participating in background briefings.<\/p>\n<p>Ateba said he found it offensive that the Biden administration would claim to deepen ties with Africa by sending officials there while simultaneously sidelining an African reporter in the Washington briefing room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you pass on him, you banned him, you sidelined him, you oppressed him, you discriminated against him only to go to Africa and claim that you want to strengthen ties. It\u2019s actually actually offensive. It\u2019s shocking,\u201d he told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trying to keep me out of the briefing room. I don\u2019t know how far they will go to silence me,\u201d Ateba told The Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they\u2019ll hack my phone, maybe they\u2019ll hack my laptop. Maybe they\u2019ve done things I\u2019m not really aware of. But for them to do that, or to even appear to do that, to try to edit me and cancel me and silence me, it\u2019s maybe the beginning of something really ugly, and I just want people to keep praying for me. Keep praying for me. I don\u2019t know what will happen to me tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> fraud continues. They have two versions of the briefing on YouTube. The first one where they edited me out during my exchange with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?\">@PressSec<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre and the second one where they restored it. Both versions are up. Here they are.<\/p>\n<p>1-\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m3qWb1jT4y\">pic.twitter.com\/m3qWb1jT4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba\/status\/1673889291821359104?\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On what some are calling the so-called chaos at the White House today, I was just trying to ask a question. It\u2019s a pity what\u2019s going on. How can <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?\">@PressSec<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre preach about the freedom of the press when she is violating the First Amendment many died to protect? May\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOBsOv6GwI\">pic.twitter.com\/wOBsOv6GwI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba\/status\/1673424373007663106?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ateba shouldn\u2019t be so surprised. Everyone knows black voices are only considered important when they agree with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2023\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/2023-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-threatened-fake-content-industry?data_type=general&#038;year=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Press Freedom Index<\/a> report released in May, only 3 out of 10 countries have a \u201csatisfactory environment\u201d for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-unsure-of-whether-white-house-will-kill-him-i-dont-know-what-they-will-do-next\/\" title=\"Reporter fears for his safety amid uncertainty from White House.\">report partially blamed \u201cfake content<\/a>,\u201d AI, and Twitter for disseminating \u201cmanipulative content on a huge scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report did not, however, happen to mention one of the biggest purveyors of censored and manipulated information \u2014 The United States White House.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reporter-unsure-whether-white-house-will-kill-dont-know-will-next\/\">Reporter Unsure of Whether White House Will Kill Him: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know What They Will Do Next&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m unsure of my safety, uncertain if harm awaits me, and clueless about their next move.&#8221; These words were not uttered by a journalist in North Korea or Syria, but by Simon Ateba, the chief White House correspondent for Today News Africa, during a conversation with WMAL host and Daily Caller editorial director Vince. 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