WashingtonKatie Zacharia admitted failing the bar, then lost her job.
The White House loses its spokesperson weeks before the November midterm elections.
Trump called her an attorney, but she told Fox’s Sean Hannity she failed the 2011 California bar exam.
Trump told reporters he urged her to reconsider and did not say he fired her.
He said he would speak with her again after returning to Washington on Sunday.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 1650+ reports worldwide
- USA Today leans critical
- measures the tenure in Scaramucci units, making Zacharia's five days a new unit of measurement for brief White House stints
- BBC leans critical
- reports the BBC confirmation of the exit alongside Democrats' framing of it as a sign of failure in the Republican White House
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- reports Zacharia's Fox News admission that she did not pass the bar, which is why the attorney title drew scrutiny
- Economic Times
- adds the Wall Street Journal and Advocate as sources for Trump's advice, and foregrounds the 'Pop culture' context around Zacharia's background
- TRT World
- adds Trump's praise of Zacharia's family and his claim that the media has been 'very unfair' to her
Sources: USA Today, BBC, Al Jazeera Online, Economic Times, TRT World