The White House has launched a new section on its official website designed to publicly identify media organisations, individual journalists and specific stories it claims are “biased,” contain false statements, or omit context — and is inviting the public to submit entries through a dedicated tipline.

The page, branded under the banner “Misleading.

Biased.

Exposed.,” marks a significant escalation in the administration’s longstanding criticism of mainstream media.

At launch, the portal named several major outlets — including The Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent — as the first “Media Offender of the Week.” It also unveiled an “Offender Hall of Shame,” listing dozens of articles, programmes and reporters from well-known media organisations such as The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC (rebranded “MS Now”), The New York Times and others.

Each entry is tagged under categories like “bias,” “lie,” “omission of context,” or “left-wing lunacy” as part of the administration’s effort to label and catalogue perceived journalistic failures.

The White House characterises the project as an initiative to uphold truth and ensure accountability for what it describes as “Fake News.” A senior administration official described the portal as a public service to enable citizens to alert the government about “false or misleading” media narratives.

The tipline is expressly promoted as a means for Americans to report what they see as inaccurate or slanted coverage.

Media-freedom advocates, journalism organisations and independent observers have voiced strong concern.

They warn that the move risks chilling free speech and could encourage harassment of journalists, undermining long-standing norms of press independence and checks on power.

Some outlets have already pushed back publicly against their inclusion in the “Hall of Shame.”

The portal’s debut follows a recent flashpoint in Washington: several Democratic lawmakers released a video urging military personnel to disobey “illegal” orders, prompting a heated reaction from the president — including threats of prosecution.

The White House contended that media coverage of that episode mischaracterised his remarks and used the portal to flag what it considers distortions.

Though framed as a tool for media accountability, the move represents a new formalisation of the administration’s adversarial relationship with the press — signalling a shift from rhetoric and lawsuits to an institutional mechanism naming and shaming outlets on official government websites.