Reporter 'Creeped Out' by Obama Aide
Photo Credit: TownHallBy Ky Sisson.
The White House was recently accused of changing press pool reports and pressuring journalists to modify their stories. And now, another journalist has been told what to do by an Obama aide.
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Meg Kissinger, a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 35 years, was covering Michelle Obama’s campaign visit for Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic candidate, Mary Burke. She was told by aides for the first lady that she could not talk to people in the crowd.
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Photo Credit: Daily Signal Reporter Forbidden to Speak to Crowd at Michelle Obama Event
By Kate Scanlon.
Meg Kissinger, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered first lady Michelle Obama’s Milwaukee campaign stop Monday for Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. But, Kissinger says, she was barred from speaking to members of the crowd.
Kissinger, a veteran of covering political events, said of the request that she’s “never seen anything like it in 35 years as a reporter.”
At the event, Kissinger noticed that members of the media were “cordoned off” from the crowd at the event.
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