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:
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
CNN correspondent detained, removed from protest zone in LA
Jason Carroll, a national correspondent for CNN, was pushed by police and later detained live on air while documenting anti-deportation …
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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.
Phoenix New Times
Fountain Hills officials punished a paper for coverage they don't like
Right-wing town officials decided to remove a table for the local paper in a Trumpian retaliation over negative coverage.
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.
Freedom of the Press
Rights organizations object to β€˜entirely absurd’ Virginia gag policy
Policy purports to grant county board chair a monopoly on facts
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This is how newspapers should react when the government asks them to carry its water.
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please
After taking four people into custody at SF’s immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents’ faces.
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
Voice of America chronicled abuses against journalists. Then Trump signed an executive order gutting the news service. To learn about what’s at stake for press freedom and the VOA, which could go offline, we spoke to former VOA reporter Liam Scott and Archive Team Co-founder Jason Scott.
Freedom of the Press
Silencing Voice of America has global consequences
At the international news service, Liam Scott chronicled abuses against journalists at home and abroad. Then the experiences of those he wrote abou...