The thing is that you really need some specific reason to be suspicious and being a journalist or activist isn't inherently suspicious. It's not that you can't

The thing is that you really need some specific reason to be suspicious and being a journalist or activist isn't inherently suspicious. It's not that you can't be suspicious of journalists, you just need an actual reason and there really isn't a clear one here. Edit: People are also particularly touchy about this because suppression of activists and journalists enables more authoritarian control and human rights abuses to the point where it's a trait of every recent authoritarian government I'm aware of.