{"id":2337430,"date":"2024-09-05T17:06:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-excludes-news-outlets-from-campaign-events-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:09:18","slug":"harris-campaign-excludes-news-outlets-from-campaign-events-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-excludes-news-outlets-from-campaign-events-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign excludes news outlets from campaign events &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fharris-campaign-excludes-news-outlets-from-campaign-events-washington-examiner%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=2337430&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--><p>The article discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign strategies, which have come under scrutiny for allegedly excluding certain news outlets\u200b from \u200dcovering her events. Specifically, the *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*\u2064 reported that\u2062 it was barred from all future events\u200c due to an \u2063ongoing labor dispute affecting a quarter of its unionized \u2063workforce. This exclusion raises concerns about press\u2064 freedom, as highlighted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-clyburn-floating-south-carolina-judge-for-future-scotus-vacancy\/\" title=\"Report: Clyburn Floating South Carolina Judge For Future SCOTUS Vacancy\">editorial page editor<\/a> who emphasized that political campaigns should\u200b not have the\u2064 discretion to limit media coverage. \u2062Additionally, similar reports of exclusion from Harris&#8217;s events have surfaced from other publications, including the *New\u2064 Hampshire \u2062Journal*. Experts argue that \u200csuch practices undermine the democratic principle of a free press and suggest they reflect a growing trend\u2064 of bias against certain viewpoints in political\u200d coverage. The article also touches on an ongoing strike at the *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette* related\u200c to employee healthcare benefits, linking it to the campaign&#8217;s decision to exclude the outlet. \u2062the situation illustrates tensions between political campaigns and media access, raising important questions\u200c about transparency and democratic values.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris campaign faces accusations of excluding news outlets from events<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1745011\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>If Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> campaigns during her stay in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Pennsylvania<\/a> this week, at least one local news outlet doesn&rsquo;t expect to be there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/brandon-mcginley\/2024\/08\/30\/press-freedom-kamala-harris-tim-walz-campaign-union\/stories\/202409010090\" title=\"says\">says<\/a> the Harris campaign has blocked it from all future events, owing to a labor dispute at the paper that dates to 2022 and that now only involves one-quarter of the outlet&rsquo;s unionized workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If political campaigns, not to mention sitting vice presidents, can exclude the press at their discretion, then no one&rsquo;s freedom to cover government and politics is safe,&rdquo; <em><em>Pittsburgh<\/em><\/em> <em>Post-Gazette <\/em>editorial page editor Brandon McGinley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/brandon-mcginley\/2024\/08\/30\/press-freedom-kamala-harris-tim-walz-campaign-union\/stories\/202409010090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign has been blocking the paper since at least Aug. 6, when it was barred from covering an event in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>McGinley wrote that he hesitated about raising the issue publicly, but decided it was riskier not to, warning, &ldquo;If you can&rsquo;t imagine ever landing on the wrong side of power, or on the wrong side of respectable opinion, I&rsquo;d suggest imagining a little harder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is not the only report of press exclusion from Harris. The <em>New Hampshire<\/em> <em>Journal<\/em> claimed Wednesday that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewHampJournal\/status\/1831343121038295288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"barred\">barred<\/a> from attending a Harris event held in that state.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey McCall, a DePauw University professor of political and media communication, said it&rsquo;s an accepted practice for politicians to choose which outlets to grant one-on-one interviews but not which ones are allowed to simply attend an event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is never a good idea for government officials or politicians to ban media outlets from covering public events,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That is why it is such an unheard-of practice, rarely implemented. The optics of banning media outlets always come off as looking quite undemocratic and, frankly, rather evasive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The practice diminishes the notion of free flow of information in a democracy, he says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Further, when politicians refuse to allow all media outlets to cover public events, they are basically saying they don&rsquo;t care about informing the citizens and voters who might get their news from those outlets,&rdquo; McCall added. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a rather cynical view of the electorate in a nation with a free press.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Graham, managing editor of the <em>New Hampshire Journal<\/em>, says Granite State Democratic candidates have long barred his outlet, which is viewed as <a href=\"https:\/\/mediabiasfactcheck.com\/insidesources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"center-right\">center-right<\/a>, from covering events and that the issue does not appear to be Harris specific. Still, he says it is part of a growing and disturbing trend of viewpoint bias. (Full disclosure: Graham was an employee of the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>from 2015 to 2017.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the state level, there is more and more exclusion by Democrats of local press,&rdquo; Graham said. &ldquo;Democrats running for governor, running for Congress, if it&rsquo;s a race where the coverage is all inside the state, they are saying, &lsquo;We don&rsquo;t need you people.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em><em>Pittsburgh<\/em><\/em> <em>Post-Gazette<\/em> is not generally considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">conservative news outlet<\/a>, though it did endorse former President Donald Trump in 2020, its first time backing a Republican presidential candidate since 1972. The <em><em>Pittsburgh<\/em><\/em> <em>Post-Gazette<\/em> is the second-largest news organization in Pennsylvania and the largest newspaper in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>A long and convoluted strike has been ongoing at the paper since October 2022, when a Teamsters unit went on the picket line over the suspension of a legacy healthcare plan. Other staff followed, and the journalist strike began as a way to show solidarity with the other units. But the initial vote to go on strike was <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/dozens-of-post-gazette-workers-cross-picket-line-as-newsroom-strike-enters-day-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"narrow\">narrow<\/a>, and today only about 25% of the original union is still striking.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris camp appears to be excluding the paper at the behest of the union, according to McGinley&rsquo;s column.<\/p>\n<p>The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh is headed by Zach Tanner, whose X profile says that he is &ldquo;on strike against the scab Post-Gazette.&rdquo; Tanner has a history of making controversial posts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">social media site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>When Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) posted in July about state funding for more police officers, Tanner <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZackTanner\/status\/1812267985580752972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"quoted\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;Joshy (derogatory) using this moment to justify more pigs. F*** off, Shapiro.&rdquo; In August, he reacted to news of a man running over a Pittsburgh police officer by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZackTanner\/status\/1826067274643681748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joking\">joking<\/a>, &ldquo;Can he be our senator instead of [John] Fetterman?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has cultivated a relatively icy relationship with the press since becoming the Democratic nominee on July 21. She has conducted only a single interview, which was done along with her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). <\/p>\n<p>Harris has not conducted any press conferences and only occasionally taken questions from traveling reporters. There have been intermittent reports of campaign staffers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sppeoples\/status\/1818007645825155288?s=46&amp;t=btuRyp9mfftQ2eXOJwoP3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"preventing\">preventing<\/a> reporters from speaking to voters <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TinaSfon\/status\/1818008603812413680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"outside\">outside<\/a> of designated press pens, and the campaign often <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1831339075175080295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"refusing\">refuses<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/09\/03\/kamala-harris-reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"answer\">answer<\/a> questions on her policy positions. <\/p>\n<p>Conservatives hold that her treatment of the media should be a factor in the election. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris&rsquo;s cynical decision to hide from the press and the voters, and even to block reporters covering her public events from speaking with voters in attendance, shows us her contempt for us,&rdquo; Jenny Beth Martin, president of Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, said. &ldquo;Voters will remember that on Election Day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if the Harris campaign has excluded any other news outlets from its events or if it employs a set of written standards for deciding which reporters are allowed inside.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to the Harris campaign and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh seeking comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1745011\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1745011\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris Campaign Accused of Excluding News Outlets from Events<\/p>\n<p>If Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Pennsylvania this week, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may not be present. The newspaper claims that the Harris campaign has barred it from attending any future events due to a labor dispute that began in 2022, which now affects only a quarter of its unionized staff. Brandon McGinley, editorial page editor at the Post-Gazette, expressed concern over this exclusion, stating that if political figures can choose which media outlets to exclude at will, it jeopardizes press freedom. The campaign&#8217;s exclusion of the Post-Gazette dates back to at least August 6 when it was prevented from covering an event in Philadelphia. McGinley noted he was hesitant to speak out but felt it necessary, warning against complacency regarding power dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The New Hampshire Journal also reported being barred from a Harris event recently. Jeffrey McCall, a professor specializing in political and media communication at DePauw University, criticized such practices as inappropriate for public officials and detrimental to democratic values by limiting information access for citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Graham of the New Hampshire Journal pointed out that local Democratic candidates have historically excluded his outlet\u2014perceived as center-right\u2014from events and suggested this trend reflects growing bias against certain viewpoints among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is not typically viewed as conservative; however, it endorsed Donald Trump in 2020\u2014the first Republican endorsement since 1972. The paper has been embroiled in an ongoing strike since October 2022 due to disputes over healthcare plans involving Teamsters unions and other staff members.<\/p>\n<p>According to McGinley&#8217;s column, the Harris campaign&#8217;s decision appears influenced by union leadership opposing coverage from the Post-Gazette. Zach Tanner leads the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and has made controversial statements on social media regarding political figures.<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming the Democratic nominee on July 21, Harris has maintained a distant relationship with journalists\u2014conducting only one interview alongside her running mate\u2014and rarely holding press conferences or answering questions about her policies. Critics argue her treatment of media should be considered by voters during elections.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether other news outlets have faced similar exclusions or if there are specific criteria guiding these decisions by the Harris campaign. The Washington Examiner has reached out for comments from both the campaign and Newspaper Guild representatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2337431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-harris-excludes-blocks-media-press.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40231,35844,37724],"class_list":["post-2337430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-events","tag-harris-campaign","tag-news-outlets"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-harris-excludes-blocks-media-press.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}