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Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016/Media relations
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Hillary Clinton went more than 270 days without giving a press conference in 2016, leading the Trump campaign to say that she "treats the media like second-class citizens."[1] Her presidential rival has not been only her critic; the press have also raised questions about Clinton's accessibility.[2] On September 12, 2016, Clinton countered in an interview, "I think it's fair to say...that people know more about me than almost anyone in public life. They've got 40 years of my tax returns, tens of thousands of emails, a detailed medical letter report, all kinds of personal details."[3]
See below for more information about Hillary Clinton's relationship with the media.
Clinton and media relations
- See also: The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton
- Hillary Clinton held her first press conference in more than nine months on September 8, 2016. She was asked about her polling performance against Trump, her pledge not to deploy troops to Iraq, and Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus's criticism that she didn't smile enough.[4]
- On September 7, 2016, The Dallas Morning News endorsed Clinton for president, marking the first time in 75 years that the paper backed a Democrat for the office. "We've been critical of Clinton's handling of certain issues in the past. But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy," the editors wrote.[5]
- Clinton’s new campaign plane made its maiden voyage from New York to Cleveland on September 5, 2016, with her traveling press corps in tow. Previously, Clinton and the press corps would fly to the same event on separate charter planes. The new traveling arrangement came as Clinton was under increased pressure to hold a news conference after more than 270 days without one.[6]
- On March 1, 2016, The Washington Post noted Clinton took questions from her traveling press corps after nearly three months of silence. The issue of press access in the Clinton campaign was previously raised when she did not take questions for four weeks and corraled reporters in a roped-off area during a campaign event in New Hampshire in July 2015.[7] Nick Merrill, Clinton's traveling press secretary, defended her on February 29, 2016, saying, "Since the beginning of December, she's done over 160 interviews for a total of more than 26 hours, including with those that travel with her."[8]
- According to Ballotpedia's January 2016 analysis of 250 articles from CNN, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Fox News and The Washington Post, the reporting on Clinton was mostly focused on her private email account and server, comparisons to and her relationship with President Barack Obama, and her campaign. The full study can be viewed here.
- In an open letter to Dean Baquet of The New York Times on July 28, 2015, Clinton’s communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, slammed the newspaper for its “inaccurate report” on a potential inquiry into Clinton’s handling of classified information. “The New York Times is arguably the most important news outlet in the world and it rushed to put an erroneous story on the front page charging that a major candidate for President of the United States was the target of a criminal referral to federal law enforcement. Literally hundreds of outlets followed your story, creating a firestorm that had a deep impact that cannot be unwound. This problem was compounded by the fact that the Times took an inexplicable, let alone indefensible, delay in correcting the story and removing 'criminal' from the headline and text of the story,” Palmieri wrote.[9]
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See also
- Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016
- The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ The Washington Post, "How Donald Trump’s campaign plans to capitalize on Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia," September 12, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Media scoff at Kaine's defense of Clinton's press access," September 1, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "The no-transparency election," September 13, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton finally holds a press conference," September 8, 2016
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Hillary Clinton for president," September 7, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Hillary Clinton Unveils New Plane, and Lets Journalists On Board," September 6, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Hillary Clinton actually takes questions from reporters, after 87 days," March 1, 2016
- ↑ NBC News, "Number of Days Since Hillary Clinton Held A Press Conference: 87," February 29, 2016
- ↑ Hillary for America, "Letter to the New York Times’ Dean Baquet," July 28, 2015
