Byrd Family Wants Cameras Out; RTCA Wants In

The Radio and TV Correspondents Association has penned a letter of petition (see after the jump…) to Sen. Chuck Schumer arguing why cameras ought to be let into the Senate Chamber where the late Sen. Robert Byrd lies in repose. Apparently it is the family who does not want cameras inside, and the Senate is respecting their wishes. But RTCA board member and FNC’s Chad Pergram makes a solid point: “It was Sen. Byrd himself who opened the Senate to television coverage in 1986.”