Mike Pompeo criticized for allowing only "faith-based media" on State Department call

Mike Pompeo criticized for allowing only "faith-based media" on State Department call

Trump's secretary of state is under scrutiny for not releasing a transcript or attendees list from a briefing call

MATTHEW ROZSA at Salon

https://www.salon.com/2019/03/21/mike-pompeo-criticized-for-allowing-only-faith-based-media-on-state-department-call/

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is raising eyebrows after refusing to release the transcript or list of attendees for a briefing call in which only representative of "faith-based media" were able to attend.

The call in question was an afternoon phone briefing on the subject of "international religious freedom," according to CNN. It was a briefing from which traditional media outlets were notably excluded; a member of the State Department press corps who had initially been invited was spontaneously un-invited, with the explanation being that only members of "faith-based media" outlets were going to participate.

CNN reported that it had also RSPV'd to organizers of the call but received no reply. Religion News Service, meanwhile, ran a piece discussing their own involvement in the Pompeo press call controversy.

"The briefing caused controversy after a member of the State Department press corps reportedly was invited to take part in the call and then disinvited after being told the call was limited to 'faith-based media,'" Emily McFarlan Miller wrote.

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