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At a Sarah Palin book signing on Thursday in Wausau, Wisconsin, reporters who arrived early were put into a back room at the store and prevented from leaving. According to a manager at the store who spoke with The Atlantic Wire, the confinement was at the request of the people organizing Palin's event.

According to media reporter Jim Romenesko, Treinen, who edits the Wausau Daily Herald was told there would be restrictions, but not what those restrictions would be. When they got there, reporter Theresa Clift noted that the door to the room where the reporters were held for the first part of the Palin appearance "was guarded and we were told we couldn't leave."

According to Jeff, a manager at the Wausau Walmart who spoke with The Atlantic Wire by phone, that guard was provided by team running Palin's event, which was "put on by her publisher." The store had security on the floor managing the 800-plus people that attended the four-hour event, but the man guarding the media pen was provided by Palin's team.

At the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania event The Atlantic Wire attended, the only restriction was against entering the area where Palin was signing autographs — an area that was guarded by several burly security staffers. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/11/palin-staffers-penned-
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About 8 media members and myself now locked in a back room. We aren’t allowed to talk to guests here to see Palin.

— Theresa Clift (@tClift) November 14, 2013

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