Media Blacklists: Not Just for Trump's Presidential Campaign

North Carolina Senator Richard Burr gives the The News & Observer the cold shoulder.

We can’t say whether it was Donald Trump‘s propensity to insult members of the press and blacklist specific media organizations from covering his events that served as the inspiration for Republican Sen. Richard Burr‘s campaign, but the North Carolinian running for re-election is engaging in some media blacklisting of his own.

The blacklist applies to information, or lack thereof, sent to The News & Observer about Burr’s campaign schedule. “Burr spokesman Jesse Hunt said concerns with The N&O’s coverage of the race have prompted the campaign to ban the paper from receiving event information,” writes Colin Campbell, the N&O’s state politics/government reporter.

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