From heckled to shut out: Covering campaigns is getting harder
Media Industry,Campaign Rhetoric,Polarization,Politics,Doug Mastriano
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Hopping out of a black SUV, Doug Mastriano ducks into a side entrance of the Lehigh Valley Active Life center in Allentown, where several hundred supporters have gathered for a “meet and greet.” The Pennsylvania state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate never so much as glances at the half-dozen journalists a few yards away. It all happens so quickly, the photojournalist beside me doesn’t even have time to put her camera in focus.
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