‘Today News Africa’ Reporter Interrupts White House Briefing, Complains of Discrimination

The White House press briefing got off to a rocky start on March 20 when a reporter interrupted to complain he was being discriminated against.
Just seconds after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the cast of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” entered the briefing room, Today News Africa founder and chief White House correspondent Simon Ateba shouted as Jean-Pierre scolded him, repeatedly saying “no” and “we’re not doing this.” Ateba accused Jean-Pierre of discrimination.
“You’ve been discriminating against me and discriminating against some people in the briefing room,” said Ateba, who added that the United States is “not China. This not Russia.”…}