Reporter Handcuffed At Romney Event

Hunter Walker reports that a reporter for the Economist was handcuffed and briefly detained after trying to listen to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s victory speech in Michigan.

Natasha Loder, the Midwest correspondent for the Economist, and other reporters were put into a separate room during the speech, but when they realized that the room was broadcasting Romney’s speech with a slight delay, Loder tried to listen to the speech in real-time outside the room where it was happening.

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