Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election MORE on Friday said Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE’s campaign is having internal discussions about how to handle the media after coming under criticism for its blacklist of select media outlets.

"We going to have those conversations internally, and I fully expect in the next 100 days [until election day] we're going to continue to be available to the media whether they're fair or unfair," said Pence in a phone interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

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During the past few months, the Trump campaign has deemed major outlets such as The Washington Post, Politico, Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post as unfair and biased and revoked their press credentials.

Pence, the governor of Indiana, says he has generally had a positive relationship with the press, noting legislation he authored as a congressman to protect confidential sources for reporters called the Free Flow Information Act.

"Compelling reporters to testify, and in particular, compelling them to reveal the identity of their confidential sources, is a detriment to the public interest," Pence said in a September 2011 statement. "Without the free flow of information from sources to reporters, the public is ill-equipped to make informed decisions."

"As a conservative who believes in limited government, I know the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press," Pence continued. "The Free Flow of Information Act is not about protecting reporters; it is about protecting the public's right to know."

Pence's latest comments came as CNN's Chris Cuomo said the network and his show in particular were being "punished" by Trump and also blacklisted "because of how we conduct our interviews."

Trump has not appeared on CNN in any capacity since a June 13 interview with Cuomo on the morning program "New Day."