Posted on 05/31/2011 3:07:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Of all the complaints about Sarah Palin and her bus tour, this ones easily the strangest. CBS reports that the media has begun to grumble that Palins decision to keep them out of the loop on the tours stops have created a dangerous working environment for reporters: Since Palin and her team wont share where the potential candidate is headed, reporters and producers have little choice but to simply stay close to Palins bus. This has resulted in scenes of the Palin bus tooling down the highway followed by a caravan of 10 or 15 vehicles including a massive CNN bus all trying to make sure they dont lose sight of the Palin bus.
It adds up to a dangerous situation, says CBS News Producer Ryan Corsaro.
I just hope to God that one of these young producers with a camera whose bosses are making them follow Sarah Palin as a potential Republican candidate dont get in a car crash, because this is dangerous, he said.
Corsaro asked a member of Palins team if he thought it was dangerous to have reporters forced to chase her from stop to stop. Youre the ones that are trailing us, he replied.
Heres your first option: stop chasing her. If it truly presents a danger to journalists to drive behind the bus and attempt to keep up, then dont bother doing it. Palin probably wont provide much breaking news on this bus tour anyway. The only reason the medias chasing her is because shes good for their ratings and page views.
But is it really that difficult to follow a caravan on the highway? Unless the Palin bus is driving at warp speed, the answer is pretty obviously no. The most dangerous aspect of following a bus of that size is to keep from getting so anxious that you pass it without checking the lane change first unless the journalists in question dont know how to drive on a highway at all, which wouldnt be Palins fault anyway.
This sounds like a whiny, pouting response to Palins decision not to cooperate with the media. That decision is certainly debatable, but not on the basis of public safety. And frankly, on the basis of sheer entertainment value, the decisions looking brilliant at the moment.
Poor wittle babies!
“(cant remember the film)
Boggart in Treasure of Sierra Madre......
Ahhh thank you!
LLS
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