Republican officials bar another North Carolina reporter from Michael Whatley event

Republican officials bar another North Carolina reporter from Michael Whatley event

A pattern of restricted press access surrounding Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s campaign has now reached Waynesville, where local GOP officials denied a Citizen Times reporter entry to a publicly advertised event held in a town-owned facility. When Haywood County Republican Party Chair Kim Genova and Waynesville resident Shannon Morgan — who said he’d signed the room rental agreement — physically blocked entry to a conference…