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The White House's Barstool problem

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72% Informative

Dave Portnoy , the founder of Barstool Sports , called for the firing of national security adviser Michael Waltz .

The video eviscerated Trump officials for inadvertently adding a prominent journalist, The Atlantic ’s Jeffrey Goldberg , to a Signal app group chat in which they discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen .

Democrats were quick to promote his commentary while the White House declined to hit him back when given the chance.

The White House press secretary said she has “great respect” for the media personality and businessman.

Portnoy’s comments were notable enough that a reporter asked about it during a Wednesday press briefing.

One Trump ally, meanwhile, talked up the importance of his remarks.

“Great respect,” Portnoy said. “You know they like me when they won’t trash me.” This article was originally published on NBCNews.com .

VR Score

70

Informative language

64

Neutral language

63

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

28

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