Reporters Grumpy At Dems Yesterday

Yesterday’s tea with Nancy Pelosi at the Mellon Auditorium was billed as an open press event, but reporters and photogs alike bristled at the DCCC’s definition of “open”: herded into a roped-off pen, all the way back from the stage — a “First Amendment ontainment zone,” one photog called it.

Some shooters were allowed near the stage during Pelosi’s remarks, but none during the reception, save Pelosi’s personal crew. “There is absolutely nothing to photograph,” griped one from the corral.