Monday, March 13, 2006
Rendell grabs reporter's recorder
The Gov's a little testy at times; wouldn't you say?...
The Associated Press reports:
"HARRISBURG -- An angry Gov. Ed Rendell took a tape recorder away from a newspaper reporter during an impromptu interview this week, refusing to give it back for several minutes, according to the paper..."
"...Rendell has been involved in other confrontations with reporters, including grabbing the neck of a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter in May 1994 when he was the city's mayor. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Gar Joseph, in a Friday item entitled "Rendell 6, reporters 0," cites five other alleged physical confrontations with reporters from the Inquirer or Daily News.
In February 1999, the Daily News also reported that Rendell grasped a reporter's notebook after becoming angry during an interview."
