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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Fri May 6, 2016, 11:36 PM May 2016

African-American newspaper denied credentials for Spokane Trump rally

Source: KOMO News

The Spokesman-Review reports a Trump campaign email received by Black Lens editor Sandra Williams said the campaign respects all media but due to venue sizes, media space, and safety they must limit credentialed media.

Other local media outlets have received credentials for the event.

Williams told The Spokesman her gut tells her Trump doesn't want a black newspaper covering what he says. The Black Lens is published monthly and has a circulation of 1,000.

The Trump campaign didn't return calls from The Spokesman or emails from Williams seeking comment. Williams received media credentials for campaign stops with Bernie Sanders and former President Bill Clinton. The Trump campaign has denied media credentials to outlets considered unfavorable to him, including the Huffington Post.

Read more: http://komonews.com/news/local/african-american-newspaper-denied-credentials-for-spokane-trump-rally

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African-American newspaper denied credentials for Spokane Trump rally (Original Post) Mrs. Overall May 2016 OP
K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #1
Instead of racist dog whistle, We Have A Man With a Bullhorn TomCADem May 2016 #2
Donald Trump's dog whistle, played by Frln. Lisa Stoll Jack Rabbit May 2016 #3

TomCADem

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2. Instead of racist dog whistle, We Have A Man With a Bullhorn
Sat May 7, 2016, 02:18 AM
May 2016

Then again, we should not be surprised, since Trump gained relevancy as a political figure by hiring private investigators to try to prove that President Obama was born in Kenya.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/07/trump-sends-investigators-to-hawaii-to-look-into-obama/

And who used the arrest of an undocumented immigrant for murder to slam on immigrants courtesy of Fox News:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4337605569001/donald-trump-on-arrest-of-illegal-immigrant-for-sf-murder/?#sp=show-clips

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