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Comment by FrancoDiaz | Hacker News Reader

The NYT or the charged journalists never claimed that they were actually acting in a journalistic professional role during the riots.

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"At least six journalists were charged with felony rioting after they were arrested while covering the violent protests that took place just blocks from President Trump’s inauguration parade in Washington on Friday, according to police reports and court documents."

Literally the first sentence of the article.

You would've thought that the two journalists questioned by the NYT would have defended themselves by saying that they were there working a professional capacity. But they didn't.

I'm not buying just because NYT says they were "covering" the protests.

That is the opposite of what reporters would do. You immediately tell them you're a journalist and they give you special treatment. You don't want special treatment, first you want to write a story about what they do to non-special people.

Then don't be surprised if these "journalists" get detained like the non-special rioters.

From The Fine Article:

> Mr. Engel, a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes for Vocativ, a media and technology outlet, was among those charged with felony rioting and released. He said by email on Wednesday that he was unable to comment on the case since it was active, but that he was looking forward to the day he could say more.

They can't do what you're asking of them.

Yea, and calling yourself a journalists means jack shit now days. I see no mention of a journalists from a reputable news source being charged. I mean just look up their profiles.."More gonzo than investigative", "This is why I'm an anarchist"...

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