Just an hour after initially barring a Mission Local reporter from attending its election night event, the Scott Wiener campaign reversed course.
Our reporter, Io Yeh Gilman, was allowed into the event after Mission Local and the San Francisco Standard published pieces on Wiener’s initial decision, which his campaign said was made because of its perception of unfair coverage in Mission Local of Wiener’s position on Israel and Palestine.
In a follow-up call with Mission Local’s editors, we were told that the paper served as “Connie Chan’s mouthpiece.”
“The decision to bar our reporter was unbecoming of a political official. To do this on the eve of an election portended poorly for Wiener’s commitment to press freedom,” said Joe Rivano Barros, Mission Local‘s executive editor.
“Mission Local’s coverage of the congressional candidates this election season has been fair and consistent. We are glad Scott Wiener recognized the fundamental
This story was updated after Scott Wiener’s campaign updated decision.
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