This story ran 8/23/2012 on Dane101.com

After attempting to enter an appearance by Sen. Ron Johnson Wednesday at the Monona Terrace, WTDY political reporter Dylan Brogan was told he could not cover the event, which was open to the press and which Brogan said reporters from WKOW and WRN attended.

Johnson’s appearance was a campaign event on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Ben Sparks, communications director for the Romney campaign in Wisconsin, said he had made the decision based on recent protest actions of WTDY employee John “Sly” Sylvester, who hosts the progressive talk show “Sly in the Morning,” and who appears frequently at labor events. Sylvester recently protested an event in Janesville where Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Paul Ryan were scheduled to speak…

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