The White House has revised a newly launched media-critique webpage after an embarrassing misattribution briefly listed a major news network as a supposed offender.

The site, created to catalogue what the administration describes as misleading or politically motivated reporting, went live with a section naming various outlets for alleged distortions of recent statements made by President Donald J. Trump.

The issue emerged when the page attributed a press-conference question to a reporter from a network that had not asked it, placing the outlet on the weekly offender list.

After the network raised the error with the administration, the White House took the site offline, removed the misidentified entry and republished the page with updated information.

For a period, visitors received a generic error message while revisions were underway.

The administration has framed the project as an effort to counter persistent media bias and correct what it views as deliberate misinterpretations of the president’s remarks.

Yet the rapid correction has intensified scrutiny of the initiative, with press-freedom advocates arguing that any government-run platform singling out individual journalists or organisations risks undermining public trust in independent reporting.

Despite the criticism, officials maintain that the webpage will continue to highlight reporting they consider inaccurate or politically motivated.

The incident has nonetheless raised broader questions about the role and reliability of official government mechanisms dedicated to policing perceived media misconduct.