Media Rebuke Clinton for Avoiding Press Conferences

Published August 25, 2016 11:17pm ET



Hillary Clinton hasn’t held a press conference since early December, an extended vacation from reporters that has created annoyance and even resentment in the media. Sure, she’s granted interviews—she did one by phone with CNN’s Anderson Cooper just Wednesday night—but she hasn’t made herself available in the accessible, unpredictable forum that a press conference affords, allowing representatives of multiple outlets to ask questions at once.

Cooper challenged Clinton’s seclusion Wednesday, asking if she would finally hold such an event.

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