- The proposed ballroom, designed by Shalom Baranes Associates, will be financed by private donors and large corporations, including Meta, Apple, and Google, with a reported cost of $400m, as stated by the White House.
- According to Joshua Fisher, director of the White House Office of Administration, the demolition of the East Wing was necessary to address "longstanding issues" and provide "long-term risk reduction", with preservationists documenting the removal of historical elements, including the East Wing cornerstone and plaque.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction, arguing that the administration violated multiple laws by tearing down parts of the White House "without any review whatsoever", with a hearing scheduled with the National Capital Planning Commission on March 5.
JUSTICE MATTERS
The Guardian US and CNN differ in their coverage, with The Guardian US focusing on the controversial White House ballroom project, using words like "public backlash" and "demolishing" to describe the situation, while CNN reports on a unrelated incident of a toddler crawling through the White House fence, using more neutral language like "curious young visitor" and "security alerts". This framing difference obscures the ongoing controversy surrounding the ballroom project, as reported by The Guardian US, which notes that the project has "sparked public backlash" and is being financed by private donors and large corporations. By not covering the ballroom project, CNN's report deflects attention from the issue, instead highlighting a more lighthearted and innocuous incident.
Cross-referenced with: CNN
EPSTEIN FILES NOTE
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