Video Gamer Poses As Reporter, Cons White House For Weeks

'Kacey Montagu' worked for a fictitious media outlet, named White House News.

At a time when governments across the world are battling with fake news, it appears that the Joe Biden administration has it tougher. The White House has to also tackle the issue of 'fake reporters', especially after it was discovered that they were answering questions from a journalist who did not exist. For over four press briefings, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has fielded questions posed to her by reporters on behalf of a colleague who was recovering from COVID-19. Nothing suspicious here, until you realize that this reporter, who calls herself 'Kacey Montagu', is actually no reporter at all. She is, instead, a gamer on the online platform ROBLOX. According to a Politico report, Kacey Montagu did not just have a fake identity. She also worked for a fictitious media outlet, named White House News. This was shortened in emails to WHN. In other communications, Ms Montagu claimed to be a reporter for The Daily Mail and said that she was a member of the White House Correspondents Association. This was also the position she took while corresponding with White House reporters as well as officials. The only catch is that Ms Montagu is not a member of WHCA or The Daily Mail. Additionally, she also ran two Twitter handles that were followed by several journalists, and White House officials, Politico reported. Ms Montagu set up the Twitter accounts "WH Schedule" and "WH Pool Report" through which she reposted information such as the daily schedules of the president, first lady, vice president, and the second gentleman. She also reposted real-time dispatches about the movements and utterances of important officials known as pool reports. Both accounts are now suspended, according to The Independent.