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Jun 18, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read Read on X
As #NCpol reporters dial into the @NC_Governor's #COVID19nc briefing, the #NCGov's comms team is sorting them into groups:
1. Those who will get to ask Qs
2. Those who won't
Gov. Cooper's team has been doing this for months while reporters asked why they're not getting to ask Qs.
@NC_Governor For months, reporters have been complaining on Twitter about why they're not getting called on to ask questions. And all that time, the #NCGov's comms team has been taking active steps to block them from getting that chance.
Fathom that level of deception.
#NCpol
@NC_Governor Had it not been for the @nsjnews investigating, nobody in the #NCpol press corps would've known (or probably cared) that Emergency Operations solicited a Democrat-aligned organizing firm to run these #NCGov briefings.
Does that seem odd to YOU? It does to me.
@NC_Governor @nsjnews So, if you're one of #NCGov Cooper's chosen children, and you get to ask him a question - keep in mind that you were picked for a reason.
Someone on the comms team made a decision that YOU could ask a question. That you were OK.
That you were safe.
#NCpol

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I'll be live-tweeting, as well.
Follow this thread.

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THIS COULD GET INTERESTING!!
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I'm live-tweeting here...

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