Media complains that Palin caravan puts reporters at risk

Hot Air ^ | May 31, 2011 | Ed Morrissey

[2ndDivisionVet]

Of all the complaints about Sarah Palin and her bus tour, this one’s easily the strangest. CBS reports that the media has begun to grumble that Palin’s decision to keep them out of the loop on the tour’s stops have created a dangerous working environment for reporters: Since Palin and her team won’t share where the potential candidate is headed, reporters and producers have little choice but to simply stay close to Palin’s 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 don’t 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 don’t get in a car crash, because this is dangerous,” he said.

Corsaro asked a member of Palin’s team if he thought it was dangerous to have reporters forced to chase her from stop to stop. “You’re the ones that are trailing us,” he replied.

Here’s 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 don’t bother doing it. Palin probably won’t provide much breaking news on this bus tour anyway. The only reason the media’s “chasing” her is because she’s 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 don’t know how to drive on a highway at all, which wouldn’t be Palin’s fault anyway.

This sounds like a whiny, pouting response to Palin’s 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 decision’s looking brilliant at the moment.

[Norm Lenhart]

Great PR campaign stunt...

Print up copies of the BS crap the press has written about her.

Have SP autograph it

have ‘Press trash’ garbage bags filled with it all her campaign stops and throw it like confetti so people can read the crap for themselves.

It mocks the MSM, educates the unknowing and since its autographed, everyone will want one as a souvenir so no trash gets left behind!

[American Constitutionalist]

" Love the media. They blame her for freaking everything, including the things they are choosing to do."

The more they attack her ? the more people will sympathize with her and vote for her.

[American Constitutionalist]

" She already has 16 vehicles following her loaded with manure..."

Aren't they overloading their carbon foot print carbon credits following her ? or do they get the super duper " WE ARE SPECIAL ELITIST " exemption ?

[American Constitutionalist]

" So a private citizen chooses to do what every other private citizen does — go where he/she wishes.

And the MSM thinks she has an obligation to check in with them? "

This sounds more like how things would be if Government were to have their way.

[infowarrior]

CBS reports that the media has begun to grumble that Palin’s decision to keep them out of the loop on the tour’s stops have created a dangerous working environment for reporters: Since Palin and her team won’t share where the potential candidate is headed, reporters and producers have little choice but to simply stay close to Palin’s 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 don’t lose sight of the Palin bus.

Dear pinheads at C-BS. Did the Palin family invite you to come along on their vacation? If not, go pound sand!!

the infowarrior

[2ndDivisionVet]

How about this guy?

[American Constitutionalist]

" Nope, it's to have one of their ilk get in a fender bender because of the bus and then sue the crap out of Sarah. Same kind of nonsense they were trying in Alaska. "

Insurance companies have investigators looking out for this kind of thing, where people deliberately have fender benders with other vehicles.... it's called insurance fraud..... might want to have some investigators check out the MSM and see if they are actively scheming insurance fraud....

[Jonty30]

She needs to get her policies out there for, more than the Palinites to get to know.

Playing games with the media, might be entertaining, but it won’t get her elected, if that is what she’s up tp.

[American Constitutionalist]

" It's to have one of their ilk get in a fender bender because of the bus and then sue the crap out of Sarah. Same kind of nonsense they were trying in Alaska. "

It's called : INSURANCE FRAUD ......

Nationwide ?
State Farm ?
All State ?
GEICO ?
You might want to send out your investigators and investigate the main stream media and see if they are actively planing insurance fraud....

[American Constitutionalist]

“Freedom Riders”

ROLLING THUNDER....

[American Constitutionalist]

Yes indeed.... get some of the biggest guys they can find and have them ride on Harleys and protect Sarah....

[American Constitutionalist]

Now ? imagine 5,000 Rolling Thunder Guys and Gals riding behind the caravan, and the MSM would be miles behind Sarah....

[American Constitutionalist]

" Great PR campaign stunt...

Print up copies of the BS crap the press has written about her.

Have SP autograph it

have ‘Press trash’ garbage bags filled with it all her campaign stops and throw it like confetti so people can read the crap for themselves.

It mocks the MSM, educates the unknowing and since its autographed, everyone will want one as a souvenir so no trash gets left behind! "

Not only that ? Have Sarah write in big bold letters " WE CARE ABOUT THE EARTH AND THE ENVIROMENT, WE CARE WERE TRASH IS PUT... ARE WE GOING TO LET THE MSM TRASH THIS PLACE AND OUR COUNTRY ? HECK NO ! "

[Norm Lenhart]

Any thinking person placed in the position of campaign manager/pit-bull has literally millions of examples of Msmlib stupidity to utterly devistate them forever and ever, Amen, if only they would use it.

Just today Wasserman Shlitz and the ‘Repubs think illegal immigration should be a crime” AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT MINDSET REALLY ARE is enough to ride all the way to the White House by itself.

But they say crap like that several times a day and no Republican EVER calls them on it.

[Godwin1]

If only it were true......

[Godwin1]

If only it were true......

[American Constitutionalist]

Liberal thinking... ‘Repubs think illegal immigration should be a crime” .. welcome to the TWILIGHT ZONE..... but ? “ it’s always some how different “ when a liberal does it, it’s it ?

[matt1234]

My recommendation: create a fake Sarah caravan of robotically driven vehicles. Then drive them straight off a cliff.

[US_MilitaryRules]

My buddy has one of those police specials (Harley) in his garage.

[Norm Lenhart]

better: Use Liberal SP doubles (Tina Fey), tell them it’s a fiendish plot to discredit SP ‘once and for all’ for which they will be famous, and then let them drive THEMSELVES off a cliff ;)