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Hillary's speech 'will be her interview'

From confirmation note from Texas Southern Univ, which is hosting Hillary Clinton's voting rights speech tomorrow pic.twitter.com/87PPv11jHu — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) June 3, 2015

Hillary Clinton, who has aggravated reporters with her limited press avails, will not take questions after her speech at Texas Southern University on Thursday, the school informed reporters Wednesday.

The University's guidance: "There will be NO opportunities to interview Hillary Clinton; her speech will be her interview."

While that guidance did not come from the Clinton campaign — spokesman Nick Merrill told Bloomberg the language was not approved by the campaign — the sheer absurdity of the statement was not necessarily a departure from the candidate's general attitude toward the press. Indeed, her campaign recently made a similar move when it tried to suggest that questions from voters were a substitute for questions from reporters.

The Clinton camp has frustrated reporters at almost every turn. Since her campaign's launch in April (although now her campaign apparently "officially" launches on June 13 in New York), she hasn't sat down for a formal interview with any media organization. Before answering questions from the press in New Hampshire and Iowa last month, Clinton had gone 28 days without answering a single question from the media.

Texas Southern University has also informed reporters that the media must stay within certain barricades and that there will be special media-designated restrooms. Readers of the blog will no doubt recall the time New York Times reporter Amy Chozick was escorted to the restroom while covering a Clinton Global Initiative event.

UPDATE (4:20 p.m.):

TSU is resending the guidance with updated language that says "There will be wifi and restrooms available. We look forward to accommodating you."

This post has been updated to indicate that Clinton also took questions from reporters in New Hampshire.