Obama heckler's press credentials were real!

This story sounds like it's straight out of News of the Weird!

On Tuesday, some loudmouth bearing press credentials heckled Obama at an event in Ohio by demanding that he recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (This despite the fact that, to my knowledge, Bush never recited the Pledge at his events.) At the end of the event, the man refused to give his name to reporters in the press pen and ranted like a maniac.

Everyone assumed the man's press credentials were fake. Articles about the incident even reported they were phony. After all, why would a real reporter jeopardize the credibility of the news organization he works for by behaving in such an irrational manner? And why would any news outlet put its reputation on the line by allowing such behavior?

But now it turns out the press credentials carried by the man were real. Real, real, real, Bert! The man is a freelance photographer on assignment for Bloomberg News.

Well, he was. But not anymore, thanks to his little tantrum.

How unprofessional can the media be for its credentialed photographers to heckle candidates with moronic ravings?

(Source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/7/12584/47553/313/564132)