The tagline on his Altercation blog reads “Is this the right room for an argument?” Eric, I think you got your answer:
Columnist and author Eric Alterman has been released after being arrested Sunday night inside the debate spin room. He was charged with criminal trespass after police say he refused repeated orders to leave.
Goffstown, N.H. police said Alterman was in the spin room as a guest of the Creative Coalition and went to an area reserved for a private reception for WMUR-TV. Police said he was asked by an executive at the party if he was invited to the private area and was asked to leave. A police officer was called after a verbal altercation ensued. According to police, Alterman was asked seven times to leave and became increasingly loud as he refused. After ignoring a final request, police said he was handcuffed and taken from the building.
Alterman spoke with CNN after being released. He called the arrest a “misunderstanding” and claimed he did not refuse orders to leave.
No comment from WMUR-TV yet. I guess we’ll have to keep an eye on The Smoking Gun. Gawker’s take:
We won’t hear the end of this for weeks. His first blog post: “It’s all lies! They only asked me to leave six times!” Lord. He’s gonna climb so high on the cross that Jesus will just look like a tiny bitty ant.
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June 4th, 2007 at 7:44 am
Sometimes the real story is in the "newsroom"…
Eric Alterman, columnist for The Nation, a Liberal, was arrested at the Democrat Presidential Debate last night. The details you can read at CNN, although you’ll want to browse around the other sources to get a fuller picture. But the……