I understand where the sentiment comes from, but the idea that 'credentialed media' merits special treatment and deference from police, especially in an age of social media, is an antidemocratic one that actually endangers the freedom of the presshttps://twitter.com/TheChalkOutline/status/1305039730996731904 …
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It makes the credentialing authority a chokepoint for press freedom, and delegitimizes journalistic activity by the uncredentialed. Isn't this exactly what you've seen happen recently in Hong Kong? Police elaborately checking press credentials even though no law requires them?
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I don't know, I keep remembering how the foreign press corps mostly [edited from "all" in my original reply] turned tail and fled during the siege of the universities, leaving the students unprotected. There's something to be said for equal treatment and equal risk.
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I think it's important to distinguish doing this by norms vs. credentials. For example, in a lot of US contexts being draped with cameras and a reflective PRESS vest seems to work well as a signal to cops without requiring an officially sanctioned permission slip
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