Obama Campaign Accused of Stopping Reporter

A veteran Philadelphia reporter who works for NPR member station WHYY-FM says Obama campaign staffers tried to stop him from interviewing people on a public street at public .

WHYY Reporter Dave Davies says "Obama campaign operatives barred me from talking to voters outside the event, to the point of interfering with my interviews and grabbing my microphone."

The reporter can be read and heard on the WHYY Newsworks website.

The story has also been picked up the liberal-leaning political news site Politico.

In his report, Davies says this was not simply an isolated case of interference by one Obama staffer, rather a pattern that he says was repeated every time he tried to interview Obama supporters both outside and inside the rally location.

According to Davies' report, "Jennifer Austin, the Pennsylvania press secretary for the Obama campaign declined an interview, and said only, "we encourage reporters to talk to our supporters at events."

Pennsylvania is considered a critical battleground state and voters in the Phialdelphia suburbs are being courted heavily by both the Obama and Romney campaigns.

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