W. Va. reporter arrested for 'yelling questions' at HHS secretary

[Dill]

(05-10-2017, 12:49 PM)Benton Wrote: Was just thinking about posting something on this.

Of course, I'm admittedly one-sided on this issue. But arresting reporters because they asked questions too loudly — chiefly because they were being ignored — is a horrible road to go down. Price didn't have to answer the question. He could've said "I don't know" or "No comment" or "you've got bad breath, put it in an email." But to ignore a representative of the people and arrest that representative is dangerous.

When one looks at this incident in the context of Trump administration press relations, then it certainly looks bad, part of a trend to rebuke, intimidate, limit access and otherwise muzzle the press.

But the description above leaves open another interpretation, namely that the law enforcement in this case may have mucked this up on their own initiative, over-reacted. Even so, Price might have stuck up for the reporter, demanding he be released from jail.