When Sen. Richard Burr says "there's no separation between me and Donald Trump," he really means it. That includes banning the press he thinks gives him bad coverage.
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s re-election campaign is refusing to provide The News & Observer with details of his campaign schedule, effectively limiting the newspaper from reporting on Burr’s public appearances.
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. “Paul (Shumaker, Burr’s lead political strategist) put an embargo on sending you scheduling details until you demonstrate the ability to cover this race from a balanced point of view,” Hunt said in an email.
Apparently the senator is upset that the newspaper has been reporting on him. So he's making sure that the paper can't give him any coverage all. That's kind of a nutty strategy for an endangered senator—alienate the local media! That will sure go over well with the locals, and with the rest of the traditional media. No, they won't be at all upset that a candidate is arbitrarily deciding to blacklist their colleagues.
It hints that maybe Burr is feeling just a little bit threatened now by the surging Deborah Ross, his Democratic opponent. Because banning a news outlet over unfavorable reporting is not the move a confident candidate makes.
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