White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday denied that President Biden’s press office is “blacklisting” reporters and news outlets when pressed by The Post on a mysterious pre-screening process in place for presidential events.Jean-Pierre said she didn’t know how the press office is picking reporters for indoor events where Biden often takes questions — despite the broad suspicion among journalists that it’s done to shape the type of questions posed to Biden.The press secretary proceeded to commit to giving White House Correspondents’ Association President Steven Portnoy a full explanation at their next meeting in coming days. Portnoy confirmed to The Post that he has requested a meeting with Jean-Pierre to discuss access issues and the association has called for the screening process to end and for all large indoor events to be open to all reporters.
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