White House backs Kash Patel after reported frustration over FBI director’s social media 39%
By Claire Carter30%
7/11/2026, 12:31:05 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 699 faulty-reasoning hits from 469 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 44.3% and a BS Rank of 39% (13,487 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 61.60% of the article peer group.
White House officials jumped to FBI Director Kash Patel ‘s defense after reports surfaced that administration officials were frustrated with his social media activity and alleged globe-trotting.
White House communications director Steven Cheung defended Patel against MS NOW reports that suggested he canceled a trip to see his girlfriend in Chicago due to frustration from administration personnel over a post Patel made mocking the outlet’s reporting.
“Completely false,” Cheung said.
“There has been no frustration over his tweet this morning.
I reposted his tweet.
Other White House officials reposted his tweet.”
Cheung backed the agency director following a report from MS NOW that claimed congressional Democrats issued a letter inquiring about Patel’s alleged demand that FBI staff arrange a Jet Ski excursion and other activities on official trips.
Patel then posted a screen grab of the article’s graphic and said, “Nah, my jet ski is gold plated … [dumba**].”
“Your job is to lie,” Patel went on.
“Mine is to protect the American people, and business is good!”
The report Patel was referencing was an opinion article that argued the FBI director’s alleged “lavish lifestyle he seems to be enjoying at least in part on the taxpayer’s dime” could have its limits, as Patel does not have the same “invincibility” that covers President Donald Trump .
Cheung, however, was taking aim at a report from MS NOW citing unnamed sources that Patel was reprimanded by Trump administration officials for having made a dig at the opinion piece.
The outlet also said its own reporting that Patel was engaging in leisure activities on official trips was cited by the White House in their alleged reprimanding.
Patel later bashed the report about his White House meeting, confirming that it happened but disputing its purpose.
“The only thing worse than MS NOW’s garbage rebrand is their reporting — all false except one thing — I was at the White House, true, and the fake news will find out why soon,” Patel said, referring to MS NOW changing from MSNBC.
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Patel was slated to visit his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, in Chicago over the weekend, where she is performing at a music festival.
The FBI director was also supposed to visit a field office in the Windy City, but he canceled his trip just before departure Friday morning, MS NOW reported.
Patel’s girlfriend filed a lawsuit against MS NOW last month over a report in December 2025 based on anonymous sources that Patel had called the members of Wilkins’s security detail and requested they give rides home to her friends after nights of drinking in Nashville, Tennessee.
The FBI vehemently denied the report’s allegations.
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