Imprisonment of the Press!

Here's the scoop:

Staffers with Governor Scott Walker confined an Appleton Post-Crescent reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Republican fundraiser.

Reporter XXX XXX was the designated “pool reporter” for the Governor's Wednesday visit to the massive Appleton, WI., home of developer and philanthropist XXX XXXX.

Well, maybe not exactly.....

Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an Orlando Sentinel reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Democratic fundraiser.Reporter Scott Powers was the designated “pool reporter” for the vice president’s Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg.

What PO'd the reporter was that he wasn't able to go for this:

...they were busy noshing on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese and bacon deviled eggs, before a lunch of grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps

...which they ate to show their empathy for the poor migrants, jobless, and homeless of Florida's east coast.

HT: Zippers