Let me gues ... you think she should be married, at home in the kitchen and pregnant.
Here's what you wrote:
Reporters should be able to go into the field without being molested.
"Reporters" are male and female...no?
I just think you are incorrect in thinking that "reporters" should be immune to harm when covering "events". They go in to the "field" at their own peril.
BTW...is it a stereotype for you to think that anyone who questions you...is a mouth breathing redneck?