You Just Don't Get It
/I know this is like banging my head against the wall, but who the hell are teaching Journalists nowadays?
Check out this post from WCIA (Springfield, IL) Reporter Raquel Martin. You are there to cover the story, not insert yourself into the story.
Do not insert yourself into the story.
Period.
Update: Earlier we said that only the Democrats wore black and not the Republicans. We are sorry for the error. We still stand by the fact that Reporters are there to cover the story and not become part of the story.