Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year

Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by pessimizer on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:39PM (#25436257)

> If you take a picture of something happening on your street and write a blog post about it, you are not a journalist.

Yes, you are, and should be protected.

> If you wouldn't be granted press credentials for something, you're probably not a journalist.

This is a horrific definition. Being a journalist can't be defined by the willingness of the subjects to be covered. That's stenography.

> If it's a side gig you don't intend to make a living doing, you're very likely not a journalist.

So belief in anything is evidence that you aren't a journalist. Journalists are defined by their income.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by zaroth on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:19PM (#25437329)

>> If you take a picture of something happening on your street and write a blog post about it, you are not a journalist.

> Yes, you are, and should be protected.

Protected from what? Being arrested for recording a public event, surely. Being arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail, surely not.

So the crucial distinction is what are these journalists being arrested for, and also do we have a surge of people who are trying to cover their own knowing illegal behavior by wearing a PRESS badge.

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