"Politicians want two things: free air time and no skeptical reporters," said one network insider, speaking on condition of anonymity.

At an earlier demonstration, a skeptical reporter tested this by pouring his drink all over the device.

She fends off skeptical reporters.

During a personal-appearance tour promoting the movie, he confounded skeptical reporters who doubted that he did his own stunts by performing them all over again.

A slightly skeptical reporter added that, nevertheless, "just what he said...was not recorded."

And how would I see them, through the eyes of an optimistic traveler or a skeptical reporter?

Even in their own hometown, a skeptical reporter declined to write anything about the flights.

In Peshawar's American Club, reporters skeptical of an approach that celebrated the rebels' virtues encountered ostracism.

But images of danger and decay persist, as questions by skeptical reporters suggested.

When George Bush declared last June that he would not raise taxes, skeptical reporters gave him repeated chances to hedge.