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Biden’s Office Issues Apology to Student Reporter After Forcing Him to Delete Pics Taken at Event

Mar. 14, 2013 11:42am Mytheos Holt

Biden Press Secretary Sandra Barkoff Intimidates College Student Jeremy Barr, Then Apologizes

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 07: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden speaks during a bill signing ceremony of the Violence Against Women Act at the Department of the Interior March 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. The law expands protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking. Credit: Getty Images

Vice President Biden might consider millennials the “greatest generation,” and advertise that fact loudly, but apparently his press office doesn’t even trust them to take pictures.

Recently, the Vice President participated in an event dedicated to finding solutions to domestic violence in Rockville, Maryland. Naturally, press were invited, including Capitol News Service reporter and University of Maryland, College Park student Jeremy Barr. However, unlike other members of the media, Barr apparently didn’t get the memo that he was supposed to sit in a separate area from the general public, which was explicitly reserved for the media. As a result, Barr ended up in a prime spot in the wider audience, where he began taking photos of Biden.

What followed left Barr bewildered and one of his professors outraged. The North Potomac Darnestown Patch reports:

Barr said he unknowingly sat in a section of the crowd designated as a non-press area.

“I didn’t see any demarcation that would have designated a press entrance versus a general entrance,” Barr said.

“The event began and I took a few photos of each speaker,” Barr said. “People a few rows in front of me were also taking photos.”

After the event was over, Barr was questioned.

“(The staffer) asked, ‘Did you take any photos during the event?’” Barr said. He told the staffer, yes, he had taken a few photos.

“She said, ‘I need to see your camera right now.’” Barr said. The staffer called Barr’s presence in the non-press area an “unfair advantage” over the other members of the media at the event.

The staffer then requested to watch as Barr deleted the photos from his camera to ensure his compliance, Barr said.

After deleting the photos from the camera, the staffer asked Barr to show her his iPhone to make sure no photos were saved. Barr complied.

“I assumed that I’d violated a protocol,” Barr said. “I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she was following proper procedures.”

Barr’s editor and professor, Adrianne Flynn, wasn’t quite so forgiving, calling the event “uncalled for and completely wrong.” And apparently enough people agreed with her that now Biden’s office is apologizing, claiming that it was a simple mistake made by a rookie staffer.

The alleged press official in question, one Kendra Barkoff, hasn’t yet commented on the affair.

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Comments (33)

JMorcan
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:19pm
We are now living the Communist Manifesto. This is how authorities act in China.

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- rickc34
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:09pm
  I call Bidens apology B.S.
  
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TexOkie
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:50pm
Once they establish complete control of the useful idiots, they will begin working on everyone else.

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MAX0O1
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:38pm
BIDEN another example of a BRAIN DEAD IDIOT. ONLY this POS is DANGEROUS!

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Larry E
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:23pm
Isn’t the Demorats view of freedom and liberty wonderful! If you’re one of their known supporters you can have your ration, if you’re not or if you are and step out of line they take your ration away. Just like the Founding Fathers wanted. But an apology makes it all better. RIGHT!

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Advection
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 5:35pm
Power + stupidity – wisdom = Democrats

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temple62
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:43pm
Wait for it…..the liberal buffoon’s defense is Bush, the Tea Party or the GOP were at fault!

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SGT Rock
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:09pm
Piss off you got a warrant? Then shove off. People are such good little sheep. Bahh bahh go back to sleep.

Stand your ground, growl back, bare your teeth, make em do the “legal” thing.

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- Revelation99
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:32pm
  Exactly… when did a “staffer” become an officer of the law with the ability to seize and/or destroy private property. I can’t believe the photographer complied with orders from a private citizen. Just wow…
  
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jackact
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:31pm
Probably pic’s of Biden picking up his Prozac, Ritalin, Thorazine, OxyContin, Demerol and birth control pills from the local dispensary.
With a prescription from Elvis’s doctor….

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The Knave
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:31pm
The mistake made was by the student. He should have had a camera with 2 SD card slots, one for capturing RAW and the other for JPEG. Upon demand, he should’ve given the Nazi the SD card for JPEG and kept the RAW card.

Poor kid just rolled over.

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tcpubelle
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:31pm
I thought for sure the Biden “staffer” was going to drag Jeremy Barr over by an EXIT and have him stand on the other side of a closed door while they fetched Joe’s shotgun.
Whew! Jeremy, you got off easy on that one.

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noslave
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:28pm
their becoming more&more like the old chicago mob,lucky they didn’t break his legs to boot??

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DREDGE
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:27pm
Pretty simple, stand too close and you see the strings of the puppet!!!!!

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Ambidexter
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:56pm
It seems that Ms. Kendra Barkoff made $100K (according to Legistorm – http://www.legistorm.com/person/Kendra_Anne_Barkoff/235.html ) in FY’12 filling in Joe Biden’s potholes. She’s been working in this field since, at least, 2009. If I am to understand the article, Ms. Kendra Barkoff was the “rookie staffer” that forced the deletion of the photos?

Does it sound like a “rookie” mistake to you, or does it sound like something she insisted on after having been trained to isolate the media from the Gaff-Machine in Chief?

So, where are the “rest of the media” saying ‘yeah, I want to sit in front too’! She’s no more a rookie than the president…oh, right, she’s LESS a rookie than is the president! :D

-Ambi

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In the O.C.
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:23pm
This begs the question: WHAT did the Biden people think this student might have caught on camera that was worth deleting? Did they think he was from Fox/Breitbart/The Blaze/etc? Biden is SUCH a jerk. A BIG JERK and you never hear anyone saying, “Hey, he’s a Lefty but he’s a great guy.” You never hear that and you never will. He’s a JERK.

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helmuit_7
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:22pm
I’ve been fascinated for a while now, how we are able to see: granted to us by Natures God. However, we have been prohibited to show or publish what we see : granted to us by the consensus of either the government, or the ‘powerful’ people… Just stinkin’ wonderful…

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Bamagal0007
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:09pm
What the h e l l were they so afraid of being captured in the photos?? Someone under that podium perhaps? Geez…idiots.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:27pm
  Newly added hair plugs.
  
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zoro51
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:09pm
buffoon biden needs to have his diaper changed IMPEACH OBAMA FIRE BIDEN NOW

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:05pm
One more case of blatant intimidation on behalf of the government – nudge, shove, shoot.

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- TruthDarts
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:21pm
  @snow
  
  ADD + Tax, Re-Tax,
  & threaten to confiscate:
  –GUNS
  –AMMO
  –FOOD STORES in your home
  –INTERNET ACCESS
  –FREEDOM TO WORSHIP
  –FREEDOM OF SPEECH
  …well really the list is too long so easier to say:
  
  Remake America into North Korea !
  
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chips1
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:00pm
Screw the citizens, because they can appologize tomorrow. We just don’t accept them anymore. If they can’t honor the Constitution, then get OUT. Bye Bye Biden!!!

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YesLiberalsAreThatDumb
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:57am
WIMP! A very easy phrase to use… “GO **** YOURSELF!”

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banjarmon
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:57am
1st amendment violation…Plain and simple. When will the press wake up??

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shorelineliz
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:51am
And in other news:

Joe Biden’s staffer Kendra Barkoff was given the Bully of the Month Award by the Obama White House while Jeremy Barr, a University of Maryland student was blinded in both eyes by a hot poker, buried in the sand and stoned, then beheaded, for taking unauthorized pictures.

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Zipit
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:49am
You must understand! Our rules, as arbitrary as they may seem, are enforced arbitrarily by us and meant exclusively for you! If we so decide!

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Fubared
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:47am
Hell of a Journ0list to give up on bended knee to the regime’s staffer.

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Blivit
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:47am
don’t do anything else, send me the memory card and i’ll get you those pictures back!

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- spirited
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:05pm
  Contact him and let him know how.
  
  ;^>Perhaps The Blaze will –gladly post his photos.
  
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- westfayetteville
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:07pm
  Great Idea
  
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