Thursday, August 28, 2008

ABC Reporter Arrested for Taking Photos of Democratic Senators & VIP Donors (Video)

ABC News: DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel. Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.


During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, "You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you." . . Eslocker and his ABC News colleagues are spending the week investigating the role of corporate lobbyists and wealthy donors at the convention for a series of Money Trail reports on ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson."


Or as Dan Rather says, the real DNC story is "who gives the big money to whom, expecting to get what."

Mediabistro: Perhaps the greatest indication of the impact of Brian Ross's investigative work at the Conventions occurred today when Denver police arrested one of his producer/reporters.