Accuracy in Media

Fake news from the Washington Post debunked? Associated Press reporter Matt Lee, who covers the State Department, disputed the Washington Post allegation that Rex Tillerson told State Department employees to avoid eye contact with him. Tillerson is Trump’s new Secretary of State and leads differently than past cabinet secretaries, which appeared to have irked State […]

Matt Lee, who has asked tough questions in the past, left the daily press briefing after State Department spokesman John Kirby didn’t answer his questions.

Associated Press reporter Matt Lee is at it again!

This is probably the most impossible spin and sell job that the State Department has to make to the American press and American people, because the Iran deal was horrible for American allies Israel and Saudi Arabia. Oh, and the great Matt Lee strikes again and makes the State Department sweat.

The Washington Free Beacon reported: “Associated Press reporter Matt Lee asked the State Department Thursday why Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have skyrocketed since 2008, making a clear reference to the Obama administration taking the White House.” “State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke said there has been a three hundred percent increase in FOIA requests […]

The exchange is quite painful to watch as Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grills State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki over the Keystone XL pipeline recommendations.