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Threats to press during convoy protests a wake-up call, experts say
CTV News ^ | February 21, 2022 | David Friend and Amy Smart

Posted on 02/21/2022 4:20:46 AM PST by Kriggerel

In a video from Ottawa, a broadcaster stares at the camera in silence as protesters surround him and scream expletives, calling him a liar and bellowing "freedom."

Near the U.S. border in Surrey, B.C., a cameraman's equipment is shoved off his shoulder and two men spit on him. A demonstrator follows another journalist closely, yelling that he is a "disgusting, filthy human being," while police escort the reporter through a jeering crowd.

Experts and advocates say the treatment of journalists, captured in many cases on video, during recent protests against public health measures should be a wake-up call.

(Excerpt) Read more at ctvnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbcmediashineboys; fifthcolumnenemedia; freedomconvoy2022; justinesshineboys; medialies; ottawa
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Right. So now the Mainstream Media are bastions of truth, and innocent victims in all of this? There was a time I would have asked if people are stupid/ignorant enough to actually believe things like this, but I know better than to ask such questions now. Maybe it's a lesson I learned far too late in life, but to be fair, many of life's hardest lessons do indeed take far too long to sink in... A mere shovel is no longer sufficient to move a pile of BS of this size and magnitude. I think we need a front-end loader now.
1 posted on 02/21/2022 4:20:46 AM PST by Kriggerel
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“What I’ve seen over the last two days has been absolutely sickening,” Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, said in

What we’ve seen from “journalists” for the last few decades is why this is happening. Suck it up dimwit.


2 posted on 02/21/2022 4:29:07 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Kriggerel

Enough talk. Time for direct action.


3 posted on 02/21/2022 4:34:56 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: TalBlack

The enemedia has repeatedly demonstrated that they are part of (and support) the totalitarian kakistocracy.


4 posted on 02/21/2022 4:36:20 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Kriggerel

Trudy The Doe blocked reporters from watching the cops beat down the peaceful protestors in Ottawa over the last few days. Ran them away from the scene.

“Don’t worry, Mr & Ms Reporter... we’ll tell you what happened after it’s all over.”


5 posted on 02/21/2022 4:36:28 AM PST by moovova
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To: Kriggerel
Experts and advocates say the treatment of journalists, captured in many cases on video, during recent protests against public health measures should be a wake-up call.

The experts and advocates should, indeed, wake up. But they insist that they are purely innocent of bias and lying. The alarm they want is not for them, but for the people who no longer believe them.

6 posted on 02/21/2022 4:39:48 AM PST by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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I really love the idea of another “experts say” piece being written as defense. Journalism is dead. These people are worse than stupid, they’re dangerous.


7 posted on 02/21/2022 4:43:40 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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They’re response to this to beef up security??? How about just reporting the news objectively? These people are dangerous.


8 posted on 02/21/2022 4:44:21 AM PST by not_under_duress
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These “journalists” lie about and demonize these people, then act like the victims when these people aren’t nice to them. Shocker!!!


9 posted on 02/21/2022 5:05:09 AM PST by Durbin
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These people are dangerous.

'These people' live in the enemy's camp.

10 posted on 02/21/2022 5:06:45 AM PST by tomkat
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'These people' live in the enemy's camp.

They live comfortably promoting globalists propaganda and then are shocked that people are angry at them. The best thing to do is to just switch the channel. How's CNN doing in the ratings these days?
11 posted on 02/21/2022 5:12:11 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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Well…assaulting the media on live TV is probably not a winning idea.

There used to be a saying that it was unwise to get into a battle of words with a newspaper that buys ink by the barrel.

The same is true with live broadcasters with a worldwide audience. There is never a reason to assault someone in that situation.


12 posted on 02/21/2022 5:15:16 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Dr. Franklin

I’m out of channels.


13 posted on 02/21/2022 5:15:57 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Kriggerel

The Fourth Estate has become a fifth column.


14 posted on 02/21/2022 5:17:44 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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This is how you do it now...

NASCAR reporter instantly regrets crowd interview at Daytona 500…

WARNING: NSFW, f-bomb dropped.

15 posted on 02/21/2022 5:20:01 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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"So now the Mainstream Media are bastions of truth, and innocent victims in all of this?"

The "mainstream media" long ago made themselves into minions of the state. The only true journalists these days are citizens with cell phones....

16 posted on 02/21/2022 5:24:56 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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Hilarious!


17 posted on 02/21/2022 5:26:45 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
I really love the idea of another “experts say” piece

You would think after Covid, the experts say line would have lost its freshness and if it's seen as punchy it's only to the groin.

Like other searches for the truth the only use of experts is to present and argue out the facts so the rest of us can draw our own conclusions. Now, when we hear experts say we presume they are just lying.

18 posted on 02/21/2022 5:27:18 AM PST by AndyJackson
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The media lies about the protesters and what they stand for, then the protesters get angry at the media.
It should be a wake up call.
But CTV are so steeped in their own narrative that they walk away with the wrong message.

19 posted on 02/21/2022 5:31:03 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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_____“What I’ve seen over the last two days has been absolutely sickening,” Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, said in...____

Brent? Is this the real name his two gay “daddies” gave him? Was he named after Brent Sea crude?


20 posted on 02/21/2022 5:31:38 AM PST by dennisw
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