"A documentary producer, a photojournalist, a live-streamer and a freelance reporter "
Is it just me, or does the bar for what a "journalist" is nowadays seem to be a whole lot lower than 10 years ago?
Does this mean that I can fire up Facebook Live and be a "live streamer" and claim all kinds of protections meant for journalists? Interesting.
And journalists being arrested like this? Not new. Not a "omg Trump" thing. Reporters and journalists do find themselves on the wrong end of handcuffs. It's not terribly unusual at all. (doesn't mean it's right, but the point is that this here is not proving that Trump issued some media crackdown or anything.)
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 13.0 ms ] threadIs it just me, or does the bar for what a "journalist" is nowadays seem to be a whole lot lower than 10 years ago?
Does this mean that I can fire up Facebook Live and be a "live streamer" and claim all kinds of protections meant for journalists? Interesting.
And journalists being arrested like this? Not new. Not a "omg Trump" thing. Reporters and journalists do find themselves on the wrong end of handcuffs. It's not terribly unusual at all. (doesn't mean it's right, but the point is that this here is not proving that Trump issued some media crackdown or anything.)