Hillary Clinton is not the only public figure trying to put journalists in their place. Earlier this month, the former Secretary of State angered reporters when staffers from her presidential campaign kept the media at bay – with a rope – while she marched in a Fourth of July parade in Gorham, New Hampshire. This week, two highly visible exchanges illustrated the less-than-affable nature of the relationship between today’s public figures and the men and women who cover them. In New York City, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton responded to reporters’ questions by telling them how to do their jobs and by firing back retorts that did not address their questions.