When guests arrived at the Make America Healthy Again Inaugural Ball on the night of Jan. 20, they could rest assured they were entering a refuge: The event’s self-described “exclusive media coverage partner,” Biohack Yourself Media, told them so.
“This is a safe media space, designed to reflect everything the MAHA movement stands for — truth, transparency, and positivity,” read the interview invitation Biohack Yourself issued to ball attendees. “We are not mainstream media. We are an independent, friendly health press, aligned with the principles of this movement.”
Hand-picking preferred media is certainly not new for politicians, but crackdowns on who gets to cover what have reached a new high under President Donald Trump. The Associated Press continues to be denied access to the Oval Office over its refusal to use the Trump-mandated moniker “Gulf of America.” ABC settled a defamation lawsuit to avoid facing the president’s wrath. NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico were kicked out of their Pentagon workspaces to make room for four new outlets, three of which lean right.