These “journalists” had better hope the local violent criminal element will spare them and their loved ones.
Famous producer and musician Al Kooper (Blood Sweat and Tears, played on Like A Rolling Stone and Electric Ladyland with Jimi Hendrix)
said he had always supported civil rights. One night he was surrounded by blacks in front and behind. He quickly gave his wallet, ring and watch.
They brutally beat him anyway. As he painfully slumped to the sidewalk as they kicked and stomped him he said he thought “Hey, guys, I was always on your side. I was always for you guys.”
Re-told in Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Survivor.
He was always on the side of muggers?
(he said he thought “Hey, guys, I was always on your side. I was always for you guys.”)
Reality is a harsh mistress.