Why are reporters the story?
I don’t think that is their job.
Trump made the reporter a story. Reporters ask questions out of turn at press conferences all the time. Every single time (and not just political pressers - all press conferences). That's not a story. But kicking them out for doing so? That's a story.
“Why are reporters the story? I don’t think that is their job.”
Although there were celebrity journalists before, there are clearly a lot more now, and that appears to be what draws a significant number to that profession.