Media Beef Still Sizzling, Cruz Takes Reporters Hunting
AKRON, Iowa — After a week in which his disdain for the so-called “mainstream media” reached new heights, Ted Cruz came here Saturday to do what any presidential candidate would do: go hunting with a bunch of unarmed journalists.
“This is how I like reporters,” the Texas Republican senator joked as he set out on a search for pheasant, a Beretta Silver Pigeon II 12-gauge shotgun slung over his shoulder. “It would make gaggles very different if you just had a double-barrel shotgun — ‘I’m sorry. Repeat that question again?’”
A couple of hours later, Cruz returned to the Hole N’ The Wall Lodge with two dead pheasants — and just as many journalists as he left with. In a post-hunt debriefing, Cruz made sure to specify that no reporters were shot. "So it was a good day," he added.
Despite Cruz's jokes, serious frustrations have been brewing in the wake of the third Republican presidential debate, during which several campaigns believed their candidates received unfair treatment from moderators eager to whip up conflict. Cruz raised a vocal objection during the debate, tearing into CNBC hosts for running the show like a “cage match,” lamenting that the questions showed why Americans do not trust the media and imploring the moderators to strive for a more substantive discussion.
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rather than Rep. Steve King's entourage. 
