{"id":1943224,"date":"2023-06-02T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opec-denies-media-access-to-reuters-bloomberg-wsj-for-weekend-policy-meets\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:30:05","slug":"opec-denies-media-access-to-reuters-bloomberg-wsj-for-weekend-policy-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opec-denies-media-access-to-reuters-bloomberg-wsj-for-weekend-policy-meets\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ from weekend policy meetings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopec-denies-media-access-to-reuters-bloomberg-wsj-for-weekend-policy-meets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>OPEC Denies Media Access to Reuters, Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal Reporters<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that transparency and a free press serve both readers and markets, and we object to this restriction on coverage,&#8221; a spokesperson for Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters Corp, said on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-kamala-stressed-importance-of-free-press-at-border-during-trump-admin\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Kamala Stressed Importance of Free Press at Border During Trump Admin\">denied media access<\/a> to reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal to report on oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend. The three media organizations are among the world&#8217;s leading suppliers of financial news and information, reporting on the outcome of policy meetings between OPEC and its allies, where ministers make decisions that impact the price of the world&#8217;s most traded commodity.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers from the group, which pumps more than 40% of the world&#8217;s oil supply, are scheduled to gather on Saturday and Sunday for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opec-denies-media-access-to-reuters-bloomberg-wsj-for-weekend-policy-meets\/\" title=\"OPEC bars Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ from weekend policy meetings.\">regular biannual meetings<\/a>. However, OPEC staff declined on Friday to give media accreditation to Reuters journalists to cover the event. Without accreditation, journalists cannot enter the OPEC Secretariat where the ministers meet, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-naomi-osaka-brought-to-tears-by-heckler-during-match\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Naomi Osaka Brought to Tears by Heckler During Match\">attend press conferences<\/a> during the event.<\/p>\n<h3>Transparency and a Free Press<\/h3>\n<p>Reporters from the three outlets, many of whom have been covering OPEC meetings for years, did not receive invitations from OPEC ahead of the meeting. A spokesperson for Reuters said, &#8220;Reuters will continue to cover OPEC in an independent, impartial, and reliable way in keeping with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While reporters at other media outlets, including trade publications Argus and Platts, received accreditation on Friday, the lack of transparency and media access has raised concerns about OPEC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a> and the impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-seemingly-has-no-plan-to-deal-with-higher-gas-prices-touts-green-energy-alternatives-instead\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Seemingly Has No Plan To Deal With Higher Gas Prices, Touts Green Energy Alternatives Instead\">global oil prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reporters from Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal were denied media access to report on OPEC&#8217;s oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Without accreditation, journalists cannot enter the OPEC Secretariat where the ministers meet, or attend press conferences during the event.<\/li>\n<li>Transparency and a free press are essential to serving both readers and markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPEC has barred Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal from covering oil policy meetings in Vienna this weekend, according to sources. 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