The Propaganda FilesTamara Keith
NPR senior White House correspondent and co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast; regular on PBS NewsHour's Politics Monday. Served as White House Correspondents' Association president in 2022–2023.
Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (3)
Said Trump's second term is 'blowing past laws'
Speaking at Fresno City College, Keith called Trump's move to control press-pool membership an 'existential threat' to a free press and said his first administration blew past norms while 'the president's second administration can be described by blowing past laws.'
Source: GV Wire →As WHCA president, criticized Biden White House over press access
Keith said the Biden White House held few formal press conferences, that the WHCA had to push hard for them, and that the administration 'don't seem wildly persuaded by our argument' for more access.
Source: Yahoo News →Asked Clinton whether she felt 'the weight' of history after supporter sobbed
At a June 2016 press availability Keith told Hillary Clinton a woman next to her at a Sacramento rally was 'absolutely sobbing' and asked, 'Do you feel the weight of what this means for people?' The conservative watchdog NewsBusters criticized the question as fawning.
Source: NewsBusters (Media Research Center) →