Fox News rejects appeal from Biden Administration officials are withdrawing their coverage of the Easter egg art policy used during the annual White House celebrations earlier this week.
Throughout the week, the White House forcefully pushed back against conservative media coverage of the Easter Egg Roll, some of which falsely claimed that the administration had instituted a new ban on religious symbols for designs on eggs — a ban is in force for decades.
Administration offered rare praise earlier this week for the conservative website The Daily Caller, which retracted a report that the Biden White House “banned children from submitting religious-themed Easter eggs” for its Easter art contest on Monday.
Administration officials complained to Fox News management about stories posted on the channel’s website about eggs, according to online reports. Semafor point of sale reported.
“We stand by our reporting because it accurately quotes the ‘Call for Youth Art 2024’ flyer which states that Easter egg drawing submissions ‘must include no questionable content, no religious symbols, no overtly religious themes’ , a Fox spokesperson told The Hill on Thursday. “The story also includes official comments from American Egg Board President and CEO Emily Metz, who explains that these long-standing guidelines are due USDA rules.”
The story of the Foxoriginally published Friday, notes that “after this article was published,” Metz told Fox “they have worked with the White House for the past 47 years.”
The row between the White House and Fox News over Easter egg art is just the latest episode in what has been a frosty relationship between the White House and the most-watched cable channel during the president’s tenure Biden.
Administration officials often push back on claims made by top Fox hosts about the president, while Fox correspondents regularly bombard White House spokespeople with questions about Biden’s mental acuity, his policies and the controversies surrounding his son Hunter Biden.
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