On Friday, reporter Neil Munro heckled Barack Obama as the president announced his new policy toward the children of Illegal Immigrants:
President Obama became embroiled in a furious confrontation with a political reporter who heckled him as he announced his new immigration policy in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday. During Obama’s speech, Neil Munro, an Irish-born reporter for conservative website the Daily Caller, yelled: ‘Why do you favour foreigners over American workers?’ A clearly rattled Mr Obama, who was announcing plans to allow 800,000 illegal immigrants to the stay in the U.S., responded: ‘Not while I’m speaking.’ As the president tried to carry on with his speech, Munro continued to heckle him, drawing an angry response from Mr Obama and fellow reporters. Tucker Carlson, the Caller‘s founder, defended his reporter:
“A reporter’s job is to ask questions and get answers. Our job is to find out what the federal government is up to. Politicians often don’t want to tell us. A good reporter gets the story. We’re proud of Neil Munro.”
