MSNBC reporter harassed at "Values Voters Summit" - Guess freedom of press is not a "value"

[jefferson_dem]

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Teabaggers are now concerned about "disruptions"...

[Barack_America]

1. What did they think the guy standing in front of the box with the light was going to do?

[Sky Masterson]

2. Oh thank you!

I saw that happen. I was hoping someone caught it. I think they were hassled because they were MSNBC

[Quantess]

16. Of course that's why.

If they were Faux, the lady would have gazed at the reporter with puppy dog eyes and professed her love.

[Botany]

3. I hate to back up the nutballs but MSNBC could have done their shot ...

.... from outside of the conference room.

[wndycty]

5. The Value Voters press folks, if anyone, are to blame

When the media comes to do live shots, the press folks tell them where to stand

[Botany]

9. You are right but the reporter could see that he was becoming part of the ..

.... story and not the one who was covering it ... Granted those people seemed like intolerant jerks but
turning off the camera and walking a few feet outside of the conference into the hall or something
might have been the smart move. After all 99% of the people see that reporter as "the enemy" no need
to give "them" any more ammunition ..... what I fail to understand why the fringe of a minority gets all
this free pub .... from the 9/12ers, the birthers, and the tea baggers .... why not cover the
people who think that UFO's are listening to their brainwaves?

[Hyper_Eye]

14. Sure he could have stopped the report and changed locations...

but those people were completely rude. He was on live television and they knew that. They could have waited for him to finish his report and then asked him not to do anymore reporting in that location. Those people were 1) jackasses, 2) didn't like MSNBC reporting what they were reporting and 3) wanted to look tough and righteous on live television. I would have insisted on continuing the report just like he did. It wasn't his fault he was put in a location that would disturb other guests.

[Botany]

17. You are right these are mean spirited jackasses who think God loves 'em ...

.... more than other people and i have no doubt that the press people told the reporter he
could stand there for his report but it is kinda like having food in camp when bears are around ....
you might be better to hang it from a tree an avoid the trouble.

[Johonny]

11. pretty much

They were standing where they were invited to stand.

On the other hand remember if you're organizing a bunch of * is there anyway to not end up having them look like * on live TV.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

4. Wow

Maybe I am going on wishful thinking but I think this is going to be the undoing of the hyper right wing of the Republican Party and not even so much the interruptors which is rich considering they spent the better part of a month going into town halls and shouting, but what Mike Huckabee said. No one except the wingnuts and conspiracy goons is buying the death panels anymore but he is still going to the well. What a dishonest douchebag.

[George II]

19. Mke Huckabee? Don't you mean Gomer Pyle (note the close resemblance!)???

[itsrobert]

6. I thought she said that she was paid to come there

Like they are paying people to attend this.

[lib2DaBone]

7. Face it..they are just hate-filled out-of-touch useless eaters...

..and they "paid" to be there to listen to that drivel... (add stupid into the description)

[Grassy Knoll]

8. Teabagger's want people to be quiet ?

And look at their discussion agenda list, how disturbing !

[Gator_Matt]

10. He WAS disrupting the speech

Why setup while someone is giving a speech? In all fairness, I'd be bothered if he were in the lecture hall while I was trying to listen. The reporter was obnoxious.

[CJCRANE]

12. It's common practice for reporters to broadcast

during speeches at conferences.

I wouldn't be surprised if Jon Stewart finds plenty of footage to prove this in his next Daily Show.

[sabra]

13. at first I thought this was a an SNL skit - I love the whispering woman

[Old and In the Way]

15. Your typical intolerant dickheads who want a little facetime on TV.

Nothing unusual at all with these type of live updates in the back of a room while a speech is being given. They are where they are asked to do their reporting. The only difference is that this crowd is the essence of intolerance. They hate the media because they shine a light on their claverns. If these dickheads had a problem, they should have complained to the event organizers who decide where the TV reporters do their live broadcasts.

[lob1]

18. I find it very hypocritical of the teabaggers to demand quiet at their meeting,

but they certainly don't mind disrupting someone else's meeting.

[chelsea0011]

20. Funny it wasn't the peole closest to the interviewer who were being disturbed

No, it was people many rows away who felt the need to get up. Anyone been near a live shot? You can barely hear them speak even standing right near them and this guy was whispering.

[1monster]

22. I noticed that the people closest to the reporter never even glanced at him. Their attention

was focused up front. The three people who accosted the reporter were from several rows away.

And pretty miss blackhair kept looking at the camera. All she needed was a sign that said "Hi Mom!"

[armyowalgreens]

21. It was definitely rude to do that.

I hate siding with those idiots, but the reporter should have shut up and respected the audience.

[jjewell]

23. Pretty amusing to watch...

Teabaggers getting upset about having their little convention "disturbed" after the ruckus they've been putting up for the last couple of months all over the country...

[AsahinaKimi]

24. Freedom of the Press

Yeah, had it been Fox News they would have been clamoring for Autographs... But Right wingers are so paranoid they think that the "Liberal Media" is out to get them. In a country that allows people to nearly get away with anything, from wearing a gun to a rally to Shouting "You Lie" at the President, these people think there is no boundary lines any more. Thats the problem... Thanks to 8 years of George W. Bush... Freedom of the Press means being put in a restrictive zone .. because they can't have the media be intrusive into their little events.

[jjewell]

25. Nope, You must have missed this....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[AsahinaKimi]

26. Wow they hit on Fox News as well?

Well clearly, they want no coverage of the event. Maybe the networks should just show
these interruptions and say screw it, to the event itself. If its not covered, oh well.. too bad.

[silenttigersong]

27. Trying to hear..

Whats new to listen to?This is the same story line over ,and over.I also immd thought this is like SNL,and belly laughed.Same message over and over again,INsanity.

[TheeHazelnut]

28. "very middle-of-the-road"

The MSNBC reporter calls these guys "very middle-of-the-road." Give me a freakin break.