In the wake of violence at rallies for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, National Public Radio has sent its political reporters to training sessions teaching them how to deal with hostile situations.
Michael Oreskes, NPR's senior vice president of news,
said on the network's radio station this week NPR is "very concerned."
"We're very concerned about the overall environment around the campaign now," Orestes said. "We had a group of political reporters in and decided to devote a couple of hours to training for dealing with dangerous or possibly hostile environments."
A Washington Post follow-up story confirmed more details, saying the training sessions lasted 90 minutes. They are reportedly a shortened form of training sessions typically given to war correspondents or journalists traveling to hot zones across the globe.
Trump rallies can be loud and raucous, with fights between supporters and protesters not an uncommon occurrence. Trump's campaign manager is also under fire for
allegedly grabbing a female reporter's arm so hard he left a bruise. The campaign denies the incident took place.
"It's become both dangerous and unsafe to be a journalist at these events," Orestes said this week. "And the Trump people have clearly contributed to that."
Trump recently said there would be "riots" if he earns enough delegate votes in the primary season but loses the nomination at this summer's convention.
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