White House launches Drudge-style website to promote Trump

The White House has launched a new Drudge Report-like website devoted to promoting pro-Trump news stories.

Why it matters: The site, called White House Wire, represents the administration's latest effort to circumvent the mainstream media and present itself in a positive light.

• The Trump administration has ruffled the feathers of establishment media giants by inviting Trump-friendly outlets and personalities into the White House briefing room.
• It also has punished mainstream outlets whose coverage it doesn't approve of — most notably AP, whose access it curtailed after the outlet refused to start referring to the "Gulf of Mexico" as the "Gulf of America" in its coverage.

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