Posted on 03/26/2011 2:52:57 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
*** REPORTER CONFINED IN CLOSET DURING VEEP'S FUNDRAISER ***
Sat March 26 2011 17:04:37 EDT
Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an Orlando Sentinel reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Democratic fundraiser.
Reporter Scott Powers was the designated "pool reporter" for the vice president's Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg. The veep hadn't arrived yet but most of the 150 guests (minimum $500 donation) had. They were busy noshing on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese and bacon deviled eggs, before a lunch of grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps.
Not so for Powers. A "low-level staffer" put Powers in a storage closet and then stood guard outside the door, he told the DRUDGE REPORT. "When I'd stick my head out, they'd say, 'Not yet. We'll let you know when you can come out.'"
And no crustini for Powers, either. He made do with a bottle of water to sip as he sat at a tiny makeshift desk, right next to a bag marked "consignment." Powers was closeted at about 11:30 a.m., held for about an hour and 15 minutes, came out for 35 minutes of remarks by Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and then returned to his jail for the remainder of the event.
Powers' phone didn't work in the closet, but his Blackberry did, so he fired out a picture of his impromptu prison to his editors, who posted a short blog item on the lack of freedom of the press under the veep's control.
Powers didn't mention his confinement in either of his pool reports that day, saying only that "press coverage was limited to a single pool reporter, filing on behalf of all local media, who was allowed to listen to the remarks but not given an opportunity to talk with anyone at the event."
On Friday, Powers said, the home's owner called him. "He said he had no idea they'd put me in a closet and was very sorry. He said he was just following their lead and was extremely embarrassed by the whole thing."
He should sue for false imprisonment or STFU.
FYI: Freeper MindBender26 first broke this story to DRUDGE..!
My sincere apologies....Its just I know everything this Traitor does is calculated and programmed by his Controllers!
Oh! By the way, I will never expect an apology by You!, but thank you for your nefarious post which was just SOOOOO Mature!
I ask You again...
Duh! Why would they put the ONLY Reporter in a closet at a gathering when that reporter was the only reporter permitted
to cover the event, except??????????????
Its called “PROPAGANDA!”
“DUH!”
Especially since even Politico has been reporting that Obama bans the press.
Take a deep breath. I just didn’t understand what happened. I get it now.
Have a drink, or a soak in a hot tub. You sound slightly hysterical...
For every $1 you give the right Democrat, you easily get $100+ back in political favors.
Cut the snide comments! Looks like it took a Tsunami to wake YOU up! Just apologize... I dont drink or need a Hot Tub, You are the one who finally admitted You didn’t know or understand the situation! Thanks for your offhand,leftest non-apology!....:-)!!!
5.56mm
Wonder if any Freepers got to FREEP Biden while he has been in our state fundraising for Nelson.
Heard they are due in Tampa on Wednesday. Don’t have details, but if anyone does, please let us know.
Why does he need to STFU if he chides not to press charges? He can talk all he wants, his right.
Why does he need to STFU if he chides not to press charges? He can talk all he wants, his right.
If they didn’t want him there why was he not just escorted off the premises?
Chides = chose...oops sorry ...ok’ed the wrong recommended spelling on sp check by accident.
Chides = chose...oops sorry ...ok’ed the wrong recommended spelling on sp check by accident.
bttt
Thanks Las Vegas Dave.
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