Washington ( CNN ) -- President Barack Obama 's angry response to a reporter who interrupted his Rose Garden remarks Friday was the latest salvo in what some political experts see as an era of incivility . Neil Munro , a White House correspondent for the Washington-based website The Daily Caller , asked the president about his administration 's dramatic policy shift on immigration while the president was in the middle of delivering prepared remarks . `` Excuse me , sir . It 's not time for questions , sir , '' Obama fired back . `` Not while I 'm speaking . '' Munro later told CNN 's Brianna Keilar , `` I have to ask the questions you all wo n't ask , '' referring to the reporters gathered who regularly cover the White House . Obama calls policy 'the right thing to do ' `` I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president . I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks , because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the president of the United States , '' Munro said in a statement on the Caller 's website . `` I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium . When I asked the question as he finished his speech , he turned his back on the many reporters and walked away while I and at least one other reporter asked questions . '' The president and journalist 's terse exchange reflects the heightened polarized climate , political experts say . `` We are in an era of incivility , '' said Andra Gillespie , an associate professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta . `` There 's been an erosion of respect for government officials post Watergate . '' That erosion of respect also extends to the media . `` Part of the reason journalists have a bad reputation is that we 're seen as rude and pushy , but in general you probably do n't interrupt your mom if she 's talking and you probably do n't interrupt the president , '' said Jerry Ceppos , dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University . Romney : Immigration change makes long-term fix harder . Obama has faced his fair share of heckling . In 2009 , South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson yelled `` you lie '' during the State of the Union address . The resulting controversy resulted in Wilson being formally taken to task by the House of Representatives . The lawmaker later offered the president an apology . Earlier this year , Arizona Gov . Jan Brewer was seen wagging her finger at Obama while on a Phoenix airport tarmac during his visit there . Last year , Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner said first lady Michelle Obama `` has a large posterior , '' a comment critics called racist and sexist . He , too , offered an apology . Also in 2011 , Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn apologized for comments he made on a radio program ; he used the word `` tar baby '' to refer to the administration 's policies . Then there were all those derogatory and racially tinged signs at tea party rallies during summer 2010 . Noorani : Obama 's immigration move good policy , good politics . Previous presidents have also faced heckling and rude comments . A gathering of those attending Obama 's inauguration booed former president George W. Bush as he and his wife departed the White House by helicopter . In 2008 , an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad and yelled , `` This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people , you dog . '' But as the nation 's first black president , the nature of Obama 's heckling often feels as if there is something else lurking beneath the surface , Gillespie said . `` This is the dark undercurrent to the increased diversity of American culture , '' Gillespie said . `` Usually when you have periods of progress there 's some sort of backlash . '' It 's very difficult to parse out what is an undertone of disrespect from actions that have tinges of racism , said Mark Anthony Neal , an African-American studies professor at Duke University and the author of several books , including `` New Black Man : Rethinking Black Masculinity . '' `` I do n't think you can separate the two , '' Neal said . `` Even if it were a more civil moment Obama would be dealing with race in his presidency . The incivility piece is incredibly important here because I think that 's largely been lost . ''
Reporter from conservative website interrupts Obama during his remarks on immigration . Score: 6