Best thing around reporters is to whip out some duct tape and tape your own mouth shut. Self protection. LOL!
Best piture I ever saw of Martin Sheen was when he put duct tape across his mouth...I wish it had stayed there....
At least I didn’t spell it “pitcher”....
A few years ago, I was part of a media tour for my company as we introduced some new products. We met with a bunch of builder magazines, Popular Mechanics, a few home improvement ones etc. Before we went, we took media training. Even in that environment, where the media was essentially an affinity group, we had to be very careful.