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| PA gov loses it - seizes reporter's recorder during interview | |
| 2006-03-12 | |
Rendell has been involved in other confrontations with reporters, including grabbing the neck of a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter in May 1994 when he was the city's mayor. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Gar Joseph, in a Friday item entitled "Rendell 6, reporters 0," cites five other alleged physical confrontations with reporters from the Inquirer or Daily News. In February 1999, the Daily News also reported that Rendell grasped a reporter's notebook after becoming angry during an interview. | |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #9 It's either assault, or illegal search and seizure. What's wrong with you guys? A little weak in your convictions? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2006-03-12 22:19 |
| #8 I originally thought this was a story about the Palestinian Authority not Pennsylvania's Rendell. Didn't really matter. Another "Water's wet" story... |
| Posted by: Danking70 2006-03-12 17:41 |
| #7 Well, Philadelphia politics is sort of like Palestinian politics without the bomb belts and weapons. :) |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-03-12 16:08 |
| #6 When I read the head live I thought it referred to the Palistinian Authority government [sic]... imagine my surprise..... |
| Posted by: Phuting Spoluck1081 2006-03-12 16:02 |
| #5 "the last 20 years being hounded by members of the media and being attacked by Republicans..." Yeah sure, he has anger managment issues and has shown a lack of personal restraint from time to time but jeeesh...don't blame him...clearly it's the Republicans fault. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-03-12 13:11 |
| #4 Son uses one of those near invisible digital recorders... Or a application on his powerbook. One advantage of digital is you can do a quick voice to text translation (yeah its awful but helps edit and formating...) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-03-12 12:32 |
| #3 This guy is a bad example, I agree. The press get away with saying anything they want and confrontational hiding behind the 1st Ammendment. Even lawyers has some standards of conduct. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-03-12 12:10 |
| #2 I'm not sure that the ex-mayor of Philadelphia qualifies as an innocent victim of the press LOL ... but I take your point. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-03-12 10:17 |
| #1 Sometimes reporters deserve what they get. If a few more reporters got the crap knocked out of themselves we just might have some responsible reporting going on. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-03-12 10:14 |