President Joe Biden, who vowed to run a “transparent” administration, on Thursday pointedly declined to commit to allow the media and camera crews full access to the situation at the southern border. Now, Republicans are assailing Biden for that stance, calling it being “an insult to the purposes of a free press.”
“This crisis is out of control,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote in a Thursday letter to Biden, signed by 20 of his House GOP colleagues. “Indeed, it is far worse than most realize, largely because your administration is not only mischaracterizing the crisis but also prohibiting journalists from witnessing and documenting the crisis up close.
“This is an insult to the purposes of a free press — as defended in our Constitution — which are to inform the public and hold those in power accountable.”
The Biden administration is restricting access to reporters and cameras as the southern border is overwhelmed by a migrant influx even President Biden now acknowledges, though he ultimately faults the Trump administration.
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