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Is he a journalist or an intelligence asset? In my mind, he can't be both. Once you pick a side, you lose the right to press protection.
by chillwaves 6y ago
Is he a journalist or an intelligence asset? In my mind, he can't be both. Once you pick a side, you lose the right to press protection.
- h_anna_h 6y agoI don't see why journalists should have some sort of special protection that should not apply to the "peasants".
- chillwaves 6y agoseems like a function of their role in the 4th estate as the watchdogs of government. In practical terms, a journalist covering a protest should not be treated the same by security forces as a protestor. I am sure other, similar scenarios can be imagined.
- h_anna_h 6y agoI would say that they should, both the protestor and the journalists should be treated with respect. Even then though, a non-journalist that is not a protestor should be able to cover a protest just as well as professional journalists can. > as the watchdogs of government. More like dogs of the government. The ones willing to go against it in any meaningful manner are few and sidelined.
- chillwaves 6y agore: protestors vs journalists, one is an active participant in the story and the other is an observer. While I do think protestors deserve respect, I feel journalists should be given wider protection (for example, assembly is cited as unlawful, protestors must disperse. Journalists should be allowed to stay and document what happens). The second part, I won't disagree.