Call it the new liberalism:
In nearly five months in office, [New York City Mayor Bill] de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of de Blasio’s schedule shows. On a handful of days, his entire schedule was off limits. All told, more than 20 percent of his listed events were closed to the media.
Often, the mayor’s photographer later published images from those so-called private meetings, meaning that an official image of the event is the only one that exists. It’s a tactic President Barack Obama has also used while restricting access to events in the White House and around the world. Several news organizations, including the AP, refuse to distribute such handout images from Obama or de Blasio.
