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Mike Pence: Trump campaign to discuss lifting media blacklist
Politico ^ | July 29, 2016 | Hadas Gold

Posted on 07/29/2016 1:20:19 PM PDT by Pinkbell

Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said the Trump campaign is having conversations about lifting the blacklist it has applied to certain media outlets.

Speaking to radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday, Pence defended his own history of dealing with the news media, saying he authored legislation while in Congress to help protect journalists’ confidential sources.

“We’re going to have those conversations internally and I fully expect in the next 100 days we’re going to continue to be available to the media, whether they’re fair or unfair," Pence said.

The Trump campaign has blacklisted certain outlets, including POLITICO, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and others, from attending his events because of what he considers unfair coverage. On Friday, CNN’s Chris Cuomo said he is blacklisted from the Trump campaign “because of how we conduct our interviews.”

Trump may be the Republican nominee, but the Republican National Committee refuses to get involved or even comment on Trump’s treatment of the news media, instead diverting all questions to the campaign.

Calling it the “a big criticism” he has of the Trump campaign, Hewitt asked Pence on Friday to “argue with” Trump to lift the ban.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: msm; pence; trump
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To: FR_addict

It were a doozy.


41 posted on 07/29/2016 2:34:41 PM PDT by pilipo (We are not free.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Or Dubya Bush would have left office as a beloved president.

I guess not, lol.

42 posted on 07/29/2016 2:49:11 PM PDT by donna (No one should be allowed to become a citizen or even a resident if they support Sharia Law.)
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To: Pinkbell

I don’t agree with Mike Pence.

Journalists have the right to write whatever they want but I’m not obligated to provide them with a forum.

Courtesy and respect are a two-way street.


43 posted on 07/29/2016 2:57:22 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: FR_addict

Amen. Looks like Trump may have fallen for the same trap. If so, I hope Trump dumps him and gets the right guy.


44 posted on 07/29/2016 2:58:19 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Pence needs to get out of the “wanna be” stage. So far, he’s not impressing me with his mouth offs. He needs some smacking around if he’s going to cut it as an apprentice.


45 posted on 07/29/2016 3:36:58 PM PDT by damper99
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To: Jim 0216

I didn’t like Pence when he was in Congress. I thought he was a Rino. We like Trump because he fights back. Pence sounds like the usual Republican toady.


46 posted on 07/29/2016 3:46:08 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: dsc

That last line is seriously uncalled for.

My anger is directed more at the idiot Hugh Hewitt, the smiling jackal.


47 posted on 07/29/2016 3:47:14 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: Pinkbell; All

You know, I started listening to Hewitt when he first came on KRLA out in Socal about 15 years ago. I always thought he was one of us (patriotic nationalist) but have changed me mind.

I stopped listening to him when he tried to derail Trump’s campaign but decided to go back.

I’m afraid I’ll be quitting him again. Hobnobbing with the political and media elites is bringing the real him out. I finally have to accept the fact that he is one of the elites. He only mouths the words he thinks we want to hear but in reality he has an elitist education and has bought into the globalist bull shit hook, line, and sinker.

These opinionated talking heads need to leave Trump to his own devices. His natural instincts are far ahead of any major political figure. Besides, it is sweet when someone bitch-slaps the arrogant pompous media types.


48 posted on 07/29/2016 3:50:14 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: damper99

Wonder if Trump will cut him loose if he doesn’t show he’s with it.


49 posted on 07/29/2016 3:51:45 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

“That last line is seriously uncalled for.”

OOOoooo, we better not make anybody mad. That kind of thinking is exactly what Trump rejects.

It is long past time for the feminine. It’s time to man up, or be flung on the ash heap of history.


50 posted on 07/29/2016 4:26:09 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

lol, I’m not suggesting going soft. I am saying that stating he should ‘bash’ his face, or whatever you said, makes you sound like a riled up 15 year old.

Not necessary imho


51 posted on 07/29/2016 5:06:55 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

“makes you sound like a riled up 15 year old.”

To the feminized.

“Not necessary imho”

Necessary or not, it is desirable.


52 posted on 07/29/2016 6:16:45 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Pinkbell

;)


53 posted on 07/29/2016 6:21:34 PM PDT by wildwoodla
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To: headstamp 2

Pence came out against using names for people. How else do we know who they are?


54 posted on 07/30/2016 2:33:04 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (Trump-Pence 2016: No full-term Governors!)
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To: albie

...nice to be optimistic but they will always, in the end, be unfair dbags. Actually, “unfair” isn’t correct. Lying sacks of shiite is more appropriate.

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They are crooked like Hillary. Trump should be adding to the blacklist. He’s doing very well with social media.


55 posted on 07/30/2016 2:38:51 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Yeah, well, what happened to the “American tradition” of an objective media?

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News outlets have always been biased and dishonest. Read what Thomas Jefferson said about them. What’s changed is the bias is so one sided.


56 posted on 07/30/2016 2:44:40 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Pinkbell
Yes.

It's not about Trump, it's about the lying, conniving, shameless press. They've been caught repeatedly in lies and propaganda. What do THEY intend to do about it?

No more business as usual. Somebody needs to explain that to Pence.

57 posted on 07/30/2016 4:01:37 AM PDT by gogeo (I am a proud Trumpublican.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Exactly. No more business as usual.


58 posted on 07/30/2016 4:03:59 AM PDT by gogeo (I am a proud Trumpublican.)
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