He brought a sign with him... I think most folks would call that a "protest"https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1019196580132466689 …
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That makes it innovative — not necessarily a protest.
I can see how Mark is confused though. A journalist is supposed to be one who collects and reports on news. Not one who makes news himself in order to make a point. Given CNN's increasingly activist approach to journalism, its no wonder other lib reporters are more activist.
If you read very closely, you'll notice I'm arguing the conclusion that it was a "protest," not the definition of journalism.
And I am arguing that a journalist should show up to an event with a pen and pad in order to report on the news, rather than showing up with a sign and a megaphone in order to become the news.
You're saying he had a megaphone?
No, I'm suggesting you would more readily recognize him as a protestor if he accompanied his protest sign with a megaphone; and if he just had a pen, pad and questions, he'd be seen as a journalist not a protestor.
So you needed to invent a megaphone to make your point because it's weak on its own?
No megaphone needed. A person who shows up to a press conference with a protest sign is a person who has set out to make the news rather than to report on it. Such a person has crossed the line from journalist to protestor.
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