White House mistreats American journalist day after it ‘stood up’ for Sabrina Siddique

Just a day after the White House “condemned” the “harassment” of a Wall Street Journal journalist Sabrina Siddique for questioning the minority rights in India, it was found mistreating an American correspondent, Simon Ateba.Ateba, a White House correspondent for Today News Africa had accused the White House of purposefully deleting a heated argument between him and press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.The heated exchange of words occurred with Pierre speaking about the “harassment” faced by Sabrina Siddique since last week. “The White House, under this administration, we’re committed to the freedom of the press. I want to be very clear about that," the press secretary said.Ateba followed up by saying, “So are you going to take questions from me? Because you’ve been discriminating against me for the past nine months."“You’re incredibly rude. You’re being incredibly rude,” said Pierre following which she threatened to end the press briefing.Ateba responded, “I’ve been in this briefing room.  I’ve been trying to ask you one question when I am on. You're not giving freedom of the press.”White House deletes clip Initially, Ateba claims that the White House deleted the portion where the exchange happened and uploaded incomplete footage of the press briefing on YouTube.The White House told Fox News that the portion was missing due to a technical glitch and that the clip has been restored.