"I didn't play well coming down the stretch, and obviously it cost me," he told two pool reporters.

For one, the pool reporters arrived too late to cover the opening attacks.

"That's my sister," the private told an American pool reporter.

"We try to get them to think about the principles involved so they can make decisions for themselves," he told a pool reporter.

The practice was closed to the news media except for a pool reporter.

The pool reporters have not seen any evidence that the 49ers were working on their floundering.

"I'd be more worried if I was sitting at home," she told a pool reporter.

He said there would be no pool reporter here.

For example, in the case of ongoing events, a different station might provide a pool reporter and/or camera every day.

But sometimes pool reporters are kept far from the action.