Background

Last week, news outlets celebrated and defended CNN's Kaitlan Collins for asking questions when none were being taken at a White House event.

Apparently, Collins has shouted questions before. But didn't get much notice, certainly didn't see others rally around her practice, when she was working for a "right wing" outlet last year.

.@kaitlancollins, Daily Caller reporter who asked question, quickly left as others asked who she was with. "She ran away," one reporter said

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) February 13, 2017