Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protests everyone lost their minds like this is so unamerican and when i went to the protest here in washington d. C. Roughly a week ago i remember connecting with a fellow journalist friend of mine and we both kind of chuckled at that like really thats unamerican because im pretty sure thats very american you know this is something that weve had to deal with both as activists but also journalists who try to report on these things from the frontlines places that often times reporters from Corporate Media dont even go you know im thinking about like pipeline fights and things like that where journalists just like the activists that they were reporting on are routinely brutalized by the police and other Law Enforcement agencies so the idea that this is somehow a new is really absurd its just that because of the scale of these protests and because Corporate Media was actually paying attention and then got into the line of fire with other jour
Been at some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and and all of the things that we have to deal with but when c. N. N. Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protests everyone lost their minds like this is so unamerican and when i went to the protest here in washington d. C. Roughly a week ago i remember connecting with a fellow journalist friend of mine and we both kind of chuckled at that like really thoughts on american because im pretty sure thats very american you know this is something that weve had to deal with both as activists but also journalists who try to report on these things from the front lines places that often times reporters from Corporate Media dont even go you know im thinking about like pi
At home following the outbreak of covert 19 whatever one feels about the causes whether you are for or against it you cannot deny that the power of free speech has been on display all over 2020 so far but that hasnt stopped efforts on both the right and the left of the political spectrum here in the United States in their attempts to tear down our freedoms of speech and expression when its used against their own beliefs or agendas take this week where both republican and democrat media organizations politicians and keyboard warriors have been hyperventilating over recent scandal involving n. B. C. News google ads and the federalist according to a very conservative vehicle the National Review on tuesday this week google threatened to ban the right wing political news website from the federalist from generating advertising revenue on the companys platform in response to posts in the federalist comments section that allegedly violated googles policies regarding dangerous or derogatory con
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The land and the people of West Virginia its a beautiful and powerful film but she has also been covering the recent protests against Police Brutality so well be getting into that as well later in the show naomi here vani will break down the militarization of our police and i wonder is really will get into the insurrection act of 18007 which trump said he wants to use to go to war with protesters but 1st heres my interview with eleanor goldfish eleanor thanks for journeying all the way from our podcast to my show i appreciate it. Thanks so much for having i want to get to the new film in a moment but lets start with the nationwide black lives matter protests youve been at some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and an