Post by Logan on May 8, 2016 2:48:27 GMT -6
Democrats blast GOP for denying Hearst reporter access to convention
HARTFORD — The chairman of the Republican State Central Committee on Friday denied Hearst Connecticut Media’s political reporter access to the party’s Monday convention.
J.R. Romano, of Derby, turned down Neil Vigdor’s request to attend the event in the Connecticut Convention Center, for what he characterized as a series of negative stories about state Republicans that used anonymous sources.
“I’m tired of him having unnamed sources,” Romano said Friday. “I question his motivations. Neil Vigdor is not treating us fairly. I just want to be treated fairly. I’m not being treated fairly.”
Romano later sent a fundraising email to the Connecticut GOP membership calling the reporter an “anti-Republican blogger,” and that “I've had enough with unfair, biased media coverage of our party and candidates.” He then solicited donations to “fight against liberal bias.”
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Hearst-reporter-denied-credentials-for-GOP-state-7398083.php
HARTFORD — The chairman of the Republican State Central Committee on Friday denied Hearst Connecticut Media’s political reporter access to the party’s Monday convention.
J.R. Romano, of Derby, turned down Neil Vigdor’s request to attend the event in the Connecticut Convention Center, for what he characterized as a series of negative stories about state Republicans that used anonymous sources.
“I’m tired of him having unnamed sources,” Romano said Friday. “I question his motivations. Neil Vigdor is not treating us fairly. I just want to be treated fairly. I’m not being treated fairly.”
Romano later sent a fundraising email to the Connecticut GOP membership calling the reporter an “anti-Republican blogger,” and that “I've had enough with unfair, biased media coverage of our party and candidates.” He then solicited donations to “fight against liberal bias.”
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Hearst-reporter-denied-credentials-for-GOP-state-7398083.php