Well...
Hence -- no more network/national coverage of pool events Which might work for the McCain campaign because local TV coverage of Palin is usually much less skeptical.Last night, the campaign provided locations for Palin's scheduled meetings with two world leaders and Henry Kissinger to a network TV producer, who was assigned to provide editorial content on the meetings for the five television networkers. The reporter was never going to be allowed to sit in on the private meetings but would be permitted to be on hand for as still and video journalists took pictures at the beginning of each meeting.
But just a little more than an hour before Palin's first meeting was set to begin, the pool producer was notified that he would not be allowed in to the photo spray. This means that the McCain/Palin campaign would get the benefit of free pictures of Palin's meeting with world leaders without having to face the possibility that the candidate might have to answer a question from the media.
Television networks, including <B>CBS News</b> maintain a policy that if they are prevented from having an editorial presence at an event, they will not allow cameras to shoot
A stand-off between the media and the McCain campaign.
The transgression? Apparently last week, CBS News's Scott Conroy had the temerity to ask a question of Palin during an OTR session.
Who blinks first? UPDATE: A CNN pool producer was allowed into a camera spray of Gov. Palin's meeting with Hamid Karzai for all of 29 seconds. No other pencils, as they call them, were allowed in.
Now -- in an effort to build some good will, the McCain campaign has scheduled a press conference this afternoon -- his first since August 13.
Not to be outdone, Barack Obama, in Tampa, Florida for debate prep, will also take some Q and As.
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