Schmoozing with the stars poses pitfalls for celebrity media

The firing of presenter Billy Bush on Monday from NBC's "Today" show for taking part in a 2005 lewd conversation with Republican White House contender Donald Trump highlights the fine line celebrity media must walk in their bid to get access to the stars. "The schmoozing of sources goes on in every beat and reporters often behave like chameleons around their sources to get them to open up," said Mark Feldstein, a former TV reporter who is now a professor of journalism at the University of Maryland. "That said, Billy Bush took it way beyond the pale," Feldstein added.