President Donald Trumps press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to a New York Times (NYT) reporter that it is administration policy for officials to not respond to any reporters who have pronouns in their email.
According to theNYT, Trumpadministrationofficials have repeatedly ignored their reporters requests for comment because they have pronouns in their email signatures. Alongside Leavitt, Katie Miller, a senior adviser at the Department of Government Efficiency, declined to answer another NYT reporters email after they reportedly included their pronouns in their signature.
As a matter of policy, I dont respond to people who use pronouns in their signatures as it shows they ignore scientific realities and therefore ignore facts, Miller responded, according to the NYT. This applies to all reporters who have pronouns in their signature, Miller continued in a separate email.
Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio clearly does not care about biological reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story, Leavitt said in a separate comment to NYT after telling a reporter that they do not respond to inquiries with pronouns in the signature [a]s a matter of policy.
As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios, she wrote, according to the outlet.
It is official White House policy to IGNORE reporters emails with pronouns in the signature👏
I dont respond to people who use pronouns in their signatures as it shows they ignore scientific realities and therefore ignore facts. @PressSecKaroline Leavitt
A similar situation, according to the NYT, also happened to Matt Berg, a correspondent at Crooked Media, when he included his pronouns in his email signature.
Berg wanted to test the theory that the White House doesnt respond to reporters who include emails in their signature, so when reaching out for comment, he signed off with (he/him) by his name, the NYT reported. Miller, who the email was directed at, responded by reiterating the practice towards reporters with pronouns in their signatures, the outlet reported.
Berg told the NYT that he couldnt believe the response.
I find it baffling that they care more about pronouns than giving journalists accurate information, but here we are, Berg told the NYT.
The NYT also weighed in on its own reporting, calling the administrations policy baffling.
Evading tough questions certainly runs counter to transparent engagement with free and independent press reporting, a Times spokesperson said in a statement. But refusing to answer a straightforward request to explain the administrations policies because of the formatting of an email signature is both a concerning and baffling choice, especially from the highest press office in the U.S. government.
ANP is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.
ANP EMERGENCY Fundraiser: Dangerous, Derogatory, Harmful, Unreliable!Those are some of the exact words used by Googles censors, aka 'Orwelliancontent police,' in describing many of our controversial stories.Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
Checks or money orders made payable to Susan Duclos can be sent to:
10510 South Ave
Poland, OH. 44514
Anything at all at Amazon purchased after clickingthis ANP link will allow ANP to make a bit of revenue, all of which will be used to keep ANP online and to keep a roof over our heads.
