
White House press fumes over restricted access to Biden meeting with Pope Francis
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White House reporters traveling with President Joe Biden to Italy expressed frustration over their lack of press access to a summit between Biden and Pope Francis.
"We're now waiting on the Vatican's TV production team to feed edited video from the only camera that taped Biden's meeting with the pope. Regrettably, no independent American journalists were permitted inside," tweeted CBS News Radio correspondent Steven Portnoy on Friday. Portnoy is head of the White House Correspondents Association.
It has been common practice for the Vatican to have live television broadcasts when heads of state visit.
Washington Times White House reporter Jeff Murdock fumed the summit was an "embarrassment for the freedom of the press" and took a shot at White House press secretary Jen Psaki.