Stupid
You hear the one about a reporter who wasn't allowed into a press conference because he showed up late?
Really.
I've been delinquent in posting about this. Luckily, my colleagues in the press corps have:
- Charlotte Observer editorial.
- Asheville's Kerra Bolton.
- Winston-Salem's Paul O'Connor.
For those too lazy to follow the links, the O'Conner summarizes thusly:
Reporter Scott Mooneyham was running late for Gov. Mike Easley's press conference Thursday morning a week ago. He went through two security checkpoints in the Capitol and then opened the door to the governor's office.Seth Effron, the governor's newest press aide, was standing inside, and when Mooneyham entered, the two made contact. Mooneyham says that Effron fairly aggressively tried to push him out the door, backing into him as a basketball player would to position for a rebound.
For those enticed to follow the links, there's little that I can add to all that wit and wisdom, other than to say I wish any of that surprised me.