July 17, 2008

When Reporters Can Be Jerks!

Flack A half-way amusing clip surfaced yesterday on YouTube that captured the back-and-forth of McCain press aides Nicolle Wallace and Brook Buchanan dealing with a couple a**-hole reporters bitching about a staffer wanting to look at a camera shot before an interview.  Granted, 99% of the time, reporters and their crews are going to make a camera shot look as good as possible, but you can never be too sure.  Any flack worth their salt should ALWAYS look at the shot before they send their boss on-air.  Just make sure you do it in a nice, unobtrusive way.  After all, most flacks don't moonlight as professional cameramen. (PF Tipster)

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