Biden's office apologizes for demanding that student reporter delete photos

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

ANNAPOLIS – Vice President Joe Biden's press secretary apologized to a Capital News Service reporter and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism Wednesday after a press office staffer demanded the reporter delete photos taken at an event in Rockville.

The reporter, a credentialed member of the press who is a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, was covering a domestic violence event featuring Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin.

The apology came shortly after a formal complaint was filed with the Vice President's press office by Lucy A. Dalglish, dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Capital News Service is a student-staffed news service operated by the college.

"This was pure intimidation," Dalglish said, adding that "it's clear from the circumstance that the journalist did nothing wrong."

Biden Press Secretary Kendra Barkoff would not speak on the record with Capital News Service. A message left for Dana Rosenzweig, the staffer who asked that the photos be deleted, was not returned.

Dalglish said Barkoff apologized to her and Capital News Service reporter Jeremy Barr in separate phone conversations.

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Well, at least she wasn't locked in the closet this time...

[Valin]

You know if there wasn't a Joe Biden, we'd have to invent him.