Newspaper: Black reporter booted from McCain rally

Source: The Associated Press

A newspaper is asking John McCain's campaign why a black reporter assigned to cover a rally was singled out by security and told to leave a backstage area.

Stephen Price, a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, was among four Florida capital press corps reporters behind the scenes at a Panama City rally Friday when a Secret Service agent approached and asked if he were part of the national media traveling with McCain. Price said no, and the agent told him he had to leave. Price said he then pointed out that there were other state reporters in the same area, but was still told to leave. The other reporters were white.

A Panama City police officer quickly approached with his hand on his holster and asked what the problem was, Price said. At the same time, Palm Beach Post reporter Dara Kam came to Price's defense and was told she also had to leave, Price said.

The other two reporters, Alex Leary of the St. Petersburg Times and Marc Caputo of The Miami Herald, weren't removed.

Caputo, however, said that initially he also was told he had to leave the area.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_campaign_reporter

Please let this story have legs! This is real indicative of what we're dealing with here. Not a racist, my ass.

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This happened Friday, and has been well discussed.

Interesting topic, but not in LBN.

He's going to be scared enough during the first debates. He doesn't need a scary, evil black man to haunt him while he's trying to figure out what to say next.

Let me guess...Black Reporter working for a paper called Tallahassee Democrat

Black--Democrat--an obvious terrorist!