{"id":413708,"date":"2021-04-12T10:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=413708"},"modified":"2021-04-12T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:28:30","slug":"online-lego-gamer-infiltrated-white-house-press-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/online-lego-gamer-infiltrated-white-house-press-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Online \u2018Lego\u2019 Gamer \u2018Infiltrated\u2019 White House Press Corps"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fonline-lego-gamer-infiltrated-white-house-press-corps%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=413708&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1455.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House briefing room holds 49 seats, all assigned to different news agencies that cover the president.<\/p>\n<p>But with COVID-19, that number was cut in half so reporters can socially distance. Because some reporters who would normally be in the briefing room are excluded. A \u201cpool\u201d reporter who covers events at the White House and files reports with other journalists will often solicit questions from those not in the room.<\/p>\n<p>That has led to some problems, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour times in recent weeks, members of the White House press corps have relayed questions to press secretary Jen Psaki from someone claiming to be a fellow reporter who was not able to be there in the room due to Covid protocols,\u201d Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/lego-gamer-infiltrated-white-house-press-480673\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThat colleague, who goes by the name Kacey Montagu, doesn\u2019t exist \u2014 at least not as an actual reporter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montagu spent quite a while establishing the identity of a White House correspondent, saying she worked for White House News, or WHN. She started two Twitter accounts, which \u201care followed by some top White House officials and journalists,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cMontagu has filed Freedom of Information Act requests and obtained Psaki\u2019s personal financial disclosure form, along with the disclosure of at least one other official, the president\u2019s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><em>In communications with confidants, Montagu has posed as a member of White House Correspondents Association, claiming to be a reporter for The Daily Mail, the British tabloid known for its gossipy coverage of celebrities and political figures. Montagu also communicates regularly with top White House reporters and has had several exchanges with White House officials.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But Montagu never joined WHCA and The Daily Mail. There is no Kacey Montagu, except as a digital impersonation of a White House correspondent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI love journalism, and I think the Press Corps is doing a pretty bad job at the moment, so I decided I would ensure some transparency and ask some questions me and some friends wanted the answer to,\u201d Montagu said, when reached by email and asked why they were posing as a White House reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Montagu regularly sent in questions for the White House pool reporter to ask Psaki, saying she couldn\u2019t be in the briefing room \u201cdue to social distancing regulations.\u201d Montagu was able to persuade White House reporters, including from The Cleveland Plain Dealer<em>&nbsp;<\/em>and CQ Roll Call, to ask the press secretary several questions \u201cabout everything from COVID-19 travel bans, to coming ambassadorships, to Biden\u2019s reaction to Microsoft being hacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn at least one instance, a White House official was connected with Montagu to circle back with more information when they had it,\u201d Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMontagu has emailed questions to press aides for President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. They have taken to emailing new White House press aides with congratulatory notes after they landed positions, or remarking on how cool their roles must be,\u201d the website said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House briefing room holds 49 seats, all assigned to different news agencies that cover the president.But with COVID-19, that number was cut in half so reporters can socially &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312024,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1455.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Online \u2018Lego\u2019 Gamer \u2018Infiltrated\u2019 White House Press Corps","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1455.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Online \u2018Lego\u2019 Gamer \u2018Infiltrated\u2019 White House Press Corps","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}