Kansas State Senate Kicks Out Reporters Covering Protest

So reporters were doing their jobs, covering the protests against the Kansas State Senate's decision not to expand Medicaid, and the politicians had them kicked out for giving the dissidents "an audience?"

We should all remember this when the same politicos can't wait to invite to to come cover a tree planting or Scout award.
>“We never denied the press access to government proceedings,” communications director Shannon Golden said in an email. “Removal was purely due to safety reasons, and any other account is an embellished story.” Was anyone really in danger? Journalists — who cover wars, national disasters, violent protests and criminal behavior — are pretty good judges of what is threatening and what isn’t. They wanted to stay, the Kansas City Star wrote.

Speaking in very general terms, it's almost always the people in authority who cause reporters problems at protests, not the demonstrators, including those in clerical collars.