Civics: White House access and the media
Alex Thompson and Sara Fischer
White House News Photographers Association president said Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team has engaged in an “unprecedented reduction in access” to the news media, according to an Aug. 28 letter from the association (WHNPA) to the Harris team obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: It adds to a growing frustration among the press corps about limiting access to leaders at the top of the Democratic Party.
- That includes Harris, who has yet to do a solo TV interview and has avoided unscripted moments since she entered the race on July 21.
Driving the news: Jessica Koscielniak, president of the WHNPA, wrote to Harris’ top aides last month protesting that “the four independent news photographer seats have been downgraded to one.”
