White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has criticized negative Iran war coverage, calling it "Fake News". This came just minutes after top official in President Donald Trump's administration resigned over the conflict. The Wall Street Journal op-ed by former Clinton adviser Mark Penn and former New York City Council President Andrew Stein argued that media partisanship surrounding U.S. and Israeli actions in Iran has reached new levels. The op-eds also highlighted President Donald Obama's criticism of media coverage of the war. They suggested that some coverage has been bias and driven by political motives.