(06-08-2020, 08:36 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(06-08-2020, 06:54 PM)Jamies_fried_chicken Wrote: Individuals who identified themselves as media were shot with rubber bullets by the police. 

https://youtu.be/-VUzq314_U0

The authorities are being less and less respectful of the media, actively and violently keeping them away from stories. I feel like someone predicted this would happen. 

Maybe those fights over bias and phrasing will seem a little petty when no professional journalists, regardless of affiliation, can get to the story in the first place, won't they?

Anyone can claim to be with the media now, all it takes is a camera and they are a field reporter. You can't stop and check credentials. If they are following the police instructions, that is one thing, but if they are not, it's just like a war zone, you could get shot. This sounds like were in a vehicle that wasn't marked other than a sign laying on the dash, not exactly easy to see.

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