Reporters Fall Over Themselves To Chase Hillary Clinton’s ‘Scooby’ Van (VIDEO)

A rabid press corps chases Hillary Clinton's van at a campaign stop in Iowa on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
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If Hillary Clinton’s first campaign event of the 2016 presidential cycle is any indication, political reporters may want to start conditioning with some sprints.

Clinton has been driving cross-country to Iowa in a van she’s nicknamed “Scooby” — it reminds her of the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine from the classic cartoon, an aide told CNN — since she announced her presidential campaign Sunday.

MSNBC’s camera caught the press corps Tuesday in Monticello, Iowa as they recognized and chased the “Scooby” van around the back of a community college building where one of the campaign’s roundtable events was scheduled to take place.

Alex Seitz-Wald, a reporter for the network, noted that aides likely tried to avoid that spectacle by not informing the press that Clinton would enter the building from the back.

Watch below:

h/t Mediaite

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  1. Oh for fucks sake. Vaguely clinging to the title of “journalists” they are now reduced to paparazzi.

  2. Ruh Roh!

    All kidding aside, I’m embarrassed for every person in that picture.

    EDIT: JFC, there’s even more people in the video!

  3. Good on HRC and her campaign! Treating the media like the fame whore/stenographer trolls that they are!!

  4. Alex Seitz-Wald, a reporter for the network, noted that aides likely tried to avoid that spectacle by not informing the press that Clinton would enter the building from the back.

    No, I think Clilnton is trolling the “journalists” big time to see just how ridiculous she can make them act and look.

  5. Wasn’t the van in Scooby Doo called “The Mystery Machine?”

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