Reply #27: Why would the Obama campaign have a better connection than the press?

[Orangepeel]

That makes no sense.

It seems that the feed for the reporters on the bus was bad, but other reporters had streaming access that worked.

e.g.: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/05/24/how-clintons-comments-didnt-then-did-catch-fire/?mod=homeblogmod_washingtonwire

And while a couple reporters — who had managed to stick with the streaming press conference — mentioned that they found her assassination reference slightly strange, few on the trail thought it would be the lead on any of their stories that day.

The fact that it did become big news is illustrative of journalistic competition in the Internet age. The entire pack of reporters sent to watch Clinton’s every move had somehow gotten beat, and forced into following a New York Post reporter who was nowhere near the campaign, but who, apparently, had a much-better Internet connection.