Documents obtained by the Indianapolis Star showed a detailed plan to have state press secretaries write news stories and distribute them through the site. The Indianapolis Star published a story about “Just IN” Monday.
Pence discussed his administration’s plans to start a news site Tuesday and said he would be providing more information about the plan soon.
“Reports that this was intended to be a news agency I think just represent an understandable misunderstanding based on some internal communications that I read about in the press,” Pence told the Indianapolis Star on Tuesday.
“My understanding is that the website that has become a source of controversy was simply to have a one-stop shopping website for press releases and information,” he told the Indianapolis Star. “It’s meant to be a resource, not a news source, and we’ll be clarifying that in the days ahead.”
Hannah Alani
