Why did Romney's campaign lock Margaret Warner from PBS outside?

[magical thyme]

Seriously, she was outside during an awful lot on election night. Was the rest of the media stuck outside in the cold too?

Every time they switched to the Obama campaign, (I can see his face, but I've gone blank on his name) was inside, warm, and looked like he was having the absolute time of his life.

And then they'd go back to Boston, and poor Margaret was outside, her eyes all scrunched up against the cold, and practically shivering on the air.

She finally got to move inside for a while. And then, suddenly, back outside. She admitted at some point they'd been thrown out!

[BeyondGeography]

1. They could have at least given her a Big Bird suit to stay warm

[librechik]

2. nah, they all get assiigned positions and Margaret got posted near the sat truck.

It was just a shame that it got cold. She volunteered.

(have it on THE BEST authority that Margaret was laughing about those concerns, which others have expressed. She was fine.)

[magical thyme]

3. Boston + November = cold

But hey, as long as she wanted it, that's fine. It just really seemed weird and I felt sorry for her all night and wondered wtf was wrong with the Romney people.

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4. They were charging for admission

I had read one report that suggested there was an admission fee, and they were charging journalists along with anyone else who wanted in.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/194440/romney-charges-journalists-to-cover-tonights-party-obama-gives-journalists-free-access/

Journalists covering Mitt Romney’s election night party will have to pay for the privilege.

During national conventions, campaigns typically charge news organizations for use of electricity and Internet access, but instituting what is essentially a cover charge just for journalists to be admitted into the parties is a new move, reports Robert Rizzuto for MassLive.com.

[magical thyme]

5. Wow. It wasn't cheap, either.

"MassLive reported that access to Romney’s party will cost anywhere from “$75 for a chair in the ballroom to $1,020 for permission to use the media filing center.” Broadcast news organizations, Rizzuto writes, are paying up to $6,500 for workspace. Rizzuto writes that although President Barack Obama’s campaign is “charging for premiums, credentialed reporters are granted access, which includes a workstation, electrical power and a wireless Internet connection, at no cost.”"

Student journalists were priced out. Good riddance, Romney.