"Mitt's Miami Vice" by Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog

[applegrove]

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Mitt's Miami vice

By Steve Benen
The Maddow Blog

Wed May 16, 2012 12:30 PM EDT.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11733147-mitts-miami-vice?lite#.T7PgOFkQPd8.reddit


"SNIP............................................

The first hint of trouble came early this morning, when Mitt Romney's campaign team told journalists there would be no questions for the candidate today. (One reporter responded, "Isn't that our decision?&quot

But the problem intensified when the Republican appeared in Miami, and relied on staff and volunteers to physically prevent reporters from approaching a rope line and asking the candidate questions.

As a rule, media professionals don't respond well to heavy-handed tactics that prevent journalists from doing their jobs.

It's worth noting that some reporters were able to work their way to the candidate anyway -- Romney ignored all questions -- but why in the world would the campaign suddenly get so aggressive about shielding the candidate? Perhaps because of headlines like this one, which ran on the Miami Herald's website this morning.

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[JNelson6563]

1. Mighty early for bunker mode, no?

[applegrove]

2. He did one horrible interview during the primaries and I have not seen him interviewed since. Seems

lying all the time is not condusive to being interviewed by somebody with a memory larger than a pea.