Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But there is, we suspect, something wrong with kicking out legitimate news reporters who are simply waiting to interview U.S. Sen. John McCain. Or has the Arizona senator morphed once again to become more like George W. Bush?
We understand the legitimate purpose of security for the candidates, both of whom enjoy protection from the U.S. Secret Service. But the reporter in question, who just happens to be black, had not only press identification issued by his newspaper, but also press credentials to cover the McCain event that day!
So he was standing in the wrong place? Yeah. OK.
Access to the senator is tightly controlled,” [McCain advance man Jonathan] Block said. “I would first express regret that your reporter was moved, and I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that race had nothing to do with it.”
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