Clinton - No Love For Fort Wayne Bloggers

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 3/18/08 @ 5:32 pm - Filed Under Featured, National Politics

Yesterday I contacted the Hillary campaign and asked for media credentials to video Bill Clinton’s speech. I was given the number for the statewide media coordinator and was told that while I might get his voicemail that he would get back to me. He never did. My plan, as always, was to post video the entire speech (unedited) for everyone to see. Of course the traditional media never does this so you would think they would at least accomodate someone from the local blogosphere. Here’s a photo of the media area at the event and I don’t see any local bloggers in there.

I’ll try and cover the event as best I can from my seat with the rest of the proletariat…

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6 Responses to “Clinton - No Love For Fort Wayne Bloggers”

  1. dan on March 18th, 2008 9:42 pm

    Yes they did this in forty-eight hours but not only bloggers had trouble doing their job. I tried with both campaign and the Wayne Center to get in to cover for an independent paper (Frost) and was told no—the only reason given was that they turned down Fort Wayne Magazine. Is that a reason? I sat on floor in overflow room with about 400 people and listened to speech piped in and took notes to do story. What’s the deal here?

  2. Neil Kelty on March 18th, 2008 9:43 pm

    Jeff:

    I too was in the crowd after being told no media passes were being issues (what??). Oh well, I guess the new media just isn’t respected yet.

    What a great speech though. I was lucky enough to stand by a few conservatives - so I actually agreed with a few in the room haha.

  3. Kristina Frazier-Henry on March 19th, 2008 4:43 am

    I have to tell you - I’m not surprised. Look how long it’s taken for Indiana to even show up as a blip on the primary screen.

  4. Cathy D. on March 19th, 2008 9:24 am

    I was there last night and blogged about it with a few pictures–I was right BEHIND the media area. Guess I could have snuck under the rail!

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