The video supplements tense moments from that Fox interview with footage of Mitt Romney arguing with a reporter during the 2008 campaign, losing his temper with a voter at a New Hampshire town hall meeting in April, and scolding reporters for asking questions outside his appointed “press availability” a few days ago (not included in that clip is the ironic fact that one of those reporters asked him asked, “Is there a particular reason you’re only speaking to Fox News?”).
As bad as the interview was, the most damaging thing in this video is Bret Baier’s account of Romney complaining to him after the interview
The video also contains clips of cable newsers commenting on Romney’s avoidance of the press, an attack that the Huntsman campaign also leveled today, emailing reporters an op-ed that notes Romney “has not appeared on a Sunday talk show since, as Gail Collins put it in today’s New York Times, ‘The Hurt Locker’ beat ‘Avatar’ for best picture.’”
Ordinarily, this kind of an attack would produce diminished returns with conservative voters, who often view inimical relations with the media as a product of the media’s lamestreaminess, but the fact that this one revolves around a Fox News interview, supposedly “friendly” territory, gives it extra bite.
Of course, Romney’s current chief rival, Newt Gingrich, is also no stranger to question kvetching. Even among conservatives, his constant scolding of debate moderators this cycle has become a running joke. Like Romney, the supposedly safe environs of Fox News have not deterred Gingrich from whining about the questions he’s being asked.