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– CNN reporter barred from White House event for "inappropriate questions" (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 1, 2018

"It is unacceptable that a reporter was barred from attending a White House event as a punitive measure for asking questions of public interest," said Margaux Ewen, Director of RSF's North America bureau.
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