The outspoken founder of an African news site has accused Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of 'discrimination' after repeatedly clashing with her in the briefing room.Simon Ateba, who runs the website Today News Africa, leveled the claim after a visibly frustrated Jean-Pierre walked out of Thursday's daily briefing as he talked over her with questions about next week's US-Africa summit.Ateba has repeatedly sparred with Jean-Pierre and her predecessor , accusing them of ignoring reporters in the 'back of the room' -- a motley crew representing smaller news outlets without assigned seats at briefings.
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