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A Video Gamer Posed As A Journalist And Fooled The White House For Several Weeks


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At a time when world governments have been trying to battle fake news, the White House was faced with an embarrassing situation. It was discovered that a gamer posed as a fake journalist and got access to Joe Biden’s administration’s press briefings. In fact, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was also fooled by the fake reporter and even answered some questions even though she wasn’t present there. 

It was discovered that the fake reporter who called herself 'Kacey Montagu’, was a gamer who frequented Roblox, a sandbox game for mobile phones. Montagu snuck in questions via other journalists representing The Plain Dealer and CQ Roll Call. Some of these questions were on topics like COVID-19 travel bans and the president's reaction to Microsoft being hacked.

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Montagu built credibility among White House reporters and staff by creating new political accounts on Twitter, @WHschedule and @WHpoolreport. These accounts have now been suspended after it was discovered it was being run by the fake reporter. Montagu has had several exchanges with White House officials, according to a Politico report. 

"I love journalism, and I think the Press Corps is doing a pretty bad job at the moment, so I decided I would ensure some transparency and ask some questions me and some friends wanted the answer to,” Montagu wrote in an email to Politico. 

It was also discovered that Ms Montagu also claimed to be a reporter for The Daily Mail and claimed to be a member of the White House Correspondents Association which turned out to be false. Montagu used here popular Twitter accounts and access to important names in the government to file Freedom of Information Act requests.

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At the moment, Montagu’s real identity still remains a mystery, however she did tell Politico that she was studying Political Science. She informed US officials and government tracking organisations that she is an 18-year-old law student from the United Kingdom who was born in the U.S.

Source: Politico


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