Pompeo briefed faith-based media

State dept defending @SecPompeo limiting briefing today to “faith based media” saying they regularly do targeted media and “other engagements are more targeted or designed for topic, region, or audience-specific media.” Can’t recall religion being a test before for journalists

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) March 19, 2019

This is absolutely not OK. Cabinet officials are public servants. They work for us. When they speak to reporters on the record everything they say — in its entirety — needs to be released at the earliest appropriate time. That’s proper accountability. That’s what we deserve. https://t.co/OBJht2BaAK

— John Kirby (@johnfkirby63) March 19, 2019

Strange situation over at the @StateDept: The department's press corps was barred from a "faith-based media" briefing with @SecPompeo, and no transcript or attendee list is being released https://t.co/GPC57Q3ltt

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 19, 2019