NPR Training Its Reporters How to Survive Donald Trump Rallies

Things have gotten so bad for reporters at Donald Trump events that public broadcaster NPR is now training its employees on how to attend rallies without getting hurt.

The Washington Post reports that NPR has sent its political correspondents to “90-minute hostile-environment awareness training.” WaPo‘s Paul Farhi points out these training sessions are usually reserved for reporters heading into situations like “riots, mortar attacks, kidnappings or firefights.”

NPR appeared to give conflicting answers when contacted by Farhi. NPR’s senior vice president said the training was for “dangerous or possibly hostile environments,” while NPR spokeswoman Isabel Lara said it was designed to deal with “the stress of covering a very demanding story for a long period of time.”

Three members of the media have been roughed up by staffers or security at Trump rallies so far: former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, CBS News’ Sopan Deb, and Time photojournalist Christopher Morris.

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