The story here is that the reporters who were "on the bus" literally, missed the story. Some internet stream was running from the event, and the remote reporters heard it and broke the story. So, is there a new best ratio of reporters on the physical scene to those who monitor events via our electronic, virtual channels?
The traveling press corps of about two-dozen journalists, photographers and camera operators who were traveling with the Clinton campaign in South Dakota on Friday, were not the reporters who broke the story - the story was broken by the New York Post, after hearing it in their own newsroom.
In this case, perhaps more interesting than the politics of Clinton's statement are the changing politics of communication that the incident highlights.
Within minutes, Clinton, who thought she was speaking at a small event in South Dakota - one too small for even the traveling press to attend - was a sound bite around the country.
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