“The Washington Post will not be dissuaded and will continue to report rigorously and accurately in service to all of America,” the outlet responds The White House doubled down on its defense of Pete Hegseth by blasting The Washington Post as the “ Media Offender of the Week ” over its boat strike story . The Trump administration updated its recently launched “ Media Offender ” page on Thursday and made a point to specifically call out The Washington Post, after the latter published a story