Reporter shield

"When reporters tried to leave the designated press area and head to where the crowd was seated, an escort would dart out, confront him or her and turn the person around, Times staff writer Eileen Schulte wrote on the paper's Web site. One escort, who would not give her name, told a reporter the press couldn't mingle because negative things had been written in the past, Schulte reported." - Yahoo! News

All this at a Sarah Palin rally? Say it ain't so! I'm actually astonished that the MSM would dare to write anything negative about a political candidate, question their beliefs and policies or generally act like a good reporter should.

But what is negative reporting? Asking questions a candidate can't answer? Pointing out that Barack Obama was 8 years old when the Weather Underground bombings occurred? Or is it negative to note that Obama is currently slapping McCain around at the polls?

The only problem I have with these awful reporters is that seemingly none of them slipped into the audience unnoticed and then asked Palin a question when she wasn't surrounded by handlers or protected by sycophantic supporters. At least Chelsea Clinton held her head high when she weaseled out of answering questions about her father's infidelities. Palin won't even take the tough questions without whining.