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12-16-2017, 11:04 AM
The White House website redesign makes it — surprise! — even less transparent
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The White House revamped its website Friday, and its new look proves it's possible for the Trump administration to make things even more opaque.
The White House website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/) is where the public comes to watch live videos of the president and press briefings, as well as access media statements and position papers. But the new design makes all that difficult to do.
The previous iteration of the site wasn't anything amazing, but it was at least navigable.*
SEE ALSO: A toilet seat for Trump and a coin case for Spicer: The thrill of White House work orders (http://mashable.com/2017/12/01/foia-white-house-maintenance-requests/)
Website visitors quickly noticed that live videos were hard to find and topics Trump likes talking about, such as the economy, are on display, making it feel more like propaganda material than a public resource. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/white-house-website-redesign/)
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The White House revamped its website Friday, and its new look proves it's possible for the Trump administration to make things even more opaque.
The White House website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/) is where the public comes to watch live videos of the president and press briefings, as well as access media statements and position papers. But the new design makes all that difficult to do.
The previous iteration of the site wasn't anything amazing, but it was at least navigable.*
SEE ALSO: A toilet seat for Trump and a coin case for Spicer: The thrill of White House work orders (http://mashable.com/2017/12/01/foia-white-house-maintenance-requests/)
Website visitors quickly noticed that live videos were hard to find and topics Trump likes talking about, such as the economy, are on display, making it feel more like propaganda material than a public resource. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/white-house-website-redesign/)
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