Yesterday, I was participating in a search and rescue exercise that was being recorded by the media. At the outset, the Public Information Officer, (PIO), instructed the media NOT to approach or speak to individual participants in the search as they will be immediately directed back to the PIO; the search participants need to focus on the task at hand as we were coordinating the search using horses, bloodhounds, other breeds of dogs with a variety of skills, helicopter, police officers from different jurisdictions, and "ground-pounders". What does one member of the media do, IMMEDIATELY after the meeting with the PIO concludes?????? The member of the media walks away from the PIO to an individual searcher and asks: "Can I talk to you for a few minutes? I want to discuss some questions." The ding-dong was INSTANTLY directed BACK TO THE PIO!!!!! What part of the word "No" did this media person NOT understand?!?!?!?! GEEZ!!!! *Shaking my head* No wonder celebrities get pissed off after awhile with the media!!!!! They just do NOT understand the concept of BOUNDARIES!!!!!
