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“Why are you letting the dog go after the protesters?” Goodman could be heard shouting at a security contractor as a woman screamed in the background. “It’s cov
by downandout 10y ago
“Why are you letting the dog go after the protesters?” Goodman could be heard shouting at a security contractor as a woman screamed in the background. “It’s covered in blood!”
While I disagree with the filing of charges in this case, it can hardly be said that she wasn't participating in the protest/riot. Impartial journalists generally don't scream at the opposition during a protest. The state believes she crossed the line from journalist to rioter, and I don't think the very specific circumstances of this particular case will have the chilling effect implied by this clearly biased article and sensational headline. If anything, the lesson to journalists is: report, don't participate - something most journalists already know.
- icebraining 10y agoShe's shouting about their use of dogs against the protesters - that's not the same as participating in the protest!
- kbenson 10y agoActually, I think a really good case could be made that asking that was specifically an act of journalism. She asked the reasoning behind their action of using the dogs. That's better than not asking and attributing an assumed reasoning. Asking a question is what journalists do. People aren't required to like those questions.