Guerrilla-style interview tactics make ambushed lawmakers blood boil - TheHill.com
Members of both parties want to see the unedited video of the latest high-profile incident, in which Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) grabbed a pair of young men with video recorders who asked him if he supports “the Obama agenda.” The lawmakers wonder if he was provoked or a victim of selective editing.
No member who spoke to The Hill condoned Etheridge’s reaction, which was to grab and then clasp the questioner.
The face of the questioner, who called himself a student, was deliberately blurred in the video; he refused to say who he was and remains unidentified.
Most cell phones now shoot video, and handheld cameras are getting smaller and cheaper. The lawmakers contacted by The Hill mostly said they had been involved in some sort of video “sabotage” by bloggers, reporters or staffers working for political opponents.