From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Los Angeles immigration raids protests began a week ago on June 6. The Tracker is investigating: - 32 assaults on journalists - 6 detainments/arrests of journalists - 4 equipment damages - 2 equipment searches/seizures View our database: image
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: CNN national correspondent Jason Carroll was detained along with his crew and escorted out of a protest zone by police officers while documenting anti-deportation demonstrations in LA June 9:
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From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: We are actively reporting on multiple attacks against journalists covering protests in LA β€” including assaults, equipment damage, and other press freedom violations. image
Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night. Seriously. Read the rest of this op-ed by Jimena Pinzon and FPF's Caitlin Vogus: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-ban-universities-speech-talking-night-20361753.php
Local officials can disagree with a newspaper's coverage, but they have no right to retaliate. β€œIt’s very much unconstitutional for the government to in any way punish the press over its editorial or content decisions,” Seth Stern told the Phoenix New Times.
Public employees have a right to speak to the press. The government can't gag them and certainly can't force them to mislabel verifiable facts as their opinions. Greene County, VA, needed a reminder of these First Amendment basics, so FPF, SPJ, and numerous other press rights organizations gave them one.
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This is how newspapers should react when the government asks them to carry its water.
πŸ”” Join us for a conversation about the Trump administration's attacks on broadcast licensees and nonprofits, featuring FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, Elias Law Group political law Chair Ezra Reese, and FPF's Caitlin Vogus. πŸ—“οΈ June 9, 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT RSVP: freedom.press/hijacking-public-interest image