In a bold move, the White House has unveiled a new initiative aimed at confronting what it perceives as media bias. On Friday, it launched a “media bias” tracker, a tool designed to draw attention to what it considers unfair coverage in recent weeks, following President Trump’s verbal sparring with various media outlets.

The online platform serves as a live repository, cataloging articles from a range of news sources. Each entry includes links to stories the administration argues have been marred by context omission, falsehoods, mischaracterizations, or outright bias and malpractice. The White House described this tracker as a means to maintain a “record of the media’s false and misleading stories,” highlighting those flagged specifically by the administration.

Among the features of this site is an “offender hall of shame” alongside a leaderboard ranking publications according to the number of articles the White House deems misleading. This list places The Washington Post at the forefront, followed closely by MSNBC—now operating under the name MS NOW—alongside other prominent outlets such as CBS News, CNN, The New York Times, Politico, and the Wall Street Journal.

This initiative comes on the heels of a significant shift in media access, where these outlets recently surrendered their Pentagon press badges. This move followed the Department of Defense’s introduction of new reporting standards, which mandate that journalists secure advanced clearance from officials prior to publishing certain information.

The Washington Post is listed first followed by MSNBC (recently rebranded as MS NOW), CBS News, CNN, The New York Times, Politico and the Wall Street Journal. Each of the outlets relinquished their Pentagon press badges last month after the Department of Defense issued new standards for reporting that require advanced clearance from officials before information is published.

The current administration has faced legal battles with the Journal and settled out of court with CBS in recent months. 

President Trump has lashed out against various reporters in recent weeks, calling a New York Times correspondent “a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out” and telling a Bloomberg journalist “Quiet piggy” in response to a question about Jeffrey Epstein.

After being named in the president’s roundup of “repeat offenders” for reporting on White House controversies, The Washington Post quoted an internal spokesperson who said: “The Washington Post is proud of its accurate, rigorous journalism.”

The Hill is named as a “repeat offender” for one offense, which appears to be in reference to an opinion piece.