The context to this flare-up is what happened in between the two briefings.
She noted that many such stories (including CNNs retracted Scaramucci piece) rely on anonymous sources.
I think a lot of those things deserve a lot more coverage than they get.

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You mentioned the Scaramucci story, where they had to have reporters resign.
This prompted a passionate response from Karem.
Come on, youre inflaming everybody right here and right now with those words, Karem said.
This administration has done that as well.
You have been elected to serve for four years at least, theres no option other than that.
But everyone in this room is only trying to do their job.
Watch the full exchange below.
We are not FAKE news.