“A Cameroonian journalist has accused the White House of racism, accusing press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of ignoring him and explaining why he berated her on Monday in front of the cast of Ted Lasso.

Simon Ateba, a correspondent for Washington DC-based Today News Africa, said he had been waiting for seven months to ask a question.

On Monday, during a special visit to the press room by the cast of Ted Lasso, Ateba demanded once again that he be allowed to ask a question.

He told Karine Jean-Pierre today: 'You're making a mockery of the First Amendment. It's been seven months and you have not called on me. You've been discriminating against me and discrimination against some people in the briefing.'

And speaking to Tucker Carlson, Ateba said: 'I'm black, I'm African, I don't have money, they look down on me. I don't have the opportunities they have. And they don't treat me the same way.'

Carson called Monday's encounter 'one of the most awful things I've ever seen' and said the rest of the White House press pack should be 'ashamed' of shouting him down. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11883681

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Ted Lasso

I had to look this up. Everything is falling apart and these stupid sons o' bitches are running a press briefing like it's a Goddamned local TV morning show?