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> are there crimes that journalists frequently commit for which they are not charged? I suspect for trivial ones like this (tresspass), it is pretty common. T

> are there crimes that journalists frequently commit for which they are not charged? I suspect for trivial ones like this (tresspass), it is pretty common. This guy was tresspassing in the wake news-worthy trespassers. A rationally self-interested owner might want to let the journalist off to avoid bad press. That said, the other journalists remained at the gate. So this guy was going beyond the informal norms around there. Also it says: Mr. Brake embedded himself with a largely Indigenous group of protesters (which he refers to as “land protectors”) while they occupied workers’ accommodations. He live streamed their protest for several days. So maybe he was seen as one of the protesters rather than a journalist covering them. Also does he cover a multi-day tresspass? If so, it is clearer that he should have sought permission from the owners before going in to film; at least after the initial rush.

dmix 9y ago
There was also property damage with the gate being broken, but I doubt that applies. There was also a specific injunction against the protest, not just trespassing, and it was multiday trespassing, not just entering a private propety to film something of interest and then leaving. Was it necessary for him to be there integrated as one of them for the whole disruption to get the story? Im curious what line youd have to cross to be a protestor, not just a reporter.
- ashelmire 9y ago
  Embedded reporting is pretty common, including in situations where merely being there is illegal.
daturkel 9y ago
Their reporting is less likely to be seen as a public good, but I imagine that paparazzi are charged for trespass and/or assault with some frequency. Just as not all trespass is a like, not all reporting is either. I think a judge would be more sympathetic to trespass that reveals, say, prison corruption than a celebrity affair.

dmix 9y ago

There was also property damage with the gate being broken, but I doubt that applies. There was also a specific injunction against the protest, not just trespassing, and it was multiday trespassing, not just entering a private propety to film something of interest and then leaving. Was it necessary for him to be there integrated as one of them for the whole disruption to get the story? Im curious what line youd have to cross to be a protestor, not just a reporter.

ashelmire 9y ago
Embedded reporting is pretty common, including in situations where merely being there is illegal.

daturkel 9y ago

Their reporting is less likely to be seen as a public good, but I imagine that paparazzi are charged for trespass and/or assault with some frequency. Just as not all trespass is a like, not all reporting is either. I think a judge would be more sympathetic to trespass that reveals, say, prison corruption than a celebrity affair.