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May 31, 2013

Major U.S. Media Outlets Boycott Secret Holder Meetings 
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Several U.S. news outlets are boycotting an offer by Attorney General
Eric Holder to meet for closed-door talks about the Obama
administration's policies for secretly spying on the press. The meetings
follow revelations the Justice Department seized phone records linked to
roughly 100 Associated Press journalists, as well as the private emails
of a Fox News reporter. The New York Times reports Holder has begun
internal deliberations about tightening the rules for seizing such
records. Holder invited the Washington bureau heads of major news
outlets to meet this week for off-the-record talks, meaning none could
report on what was said. Fox News and the Associated Press both refused
to attend, as did CNN, NBC, CBS, the Huffington Post, the New York Times
and Mc Clatchy Newspapers. But some outlets agreed to Holder's terms,
including The Washington Post, Politico, ABC and USA TODAY.

 

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