OK, a lot of people are giving Avi Selk credit for this piece in The Washington Post that finally calls out Antifa for its attacks on journalists.
Antifa protesters couldn’t find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead https://t.co/egEKpkekgn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 14, 2018
… and police officers for doing their job, and average citizens who happened to be in the area. Antifa sure act a lot like Fascists.
— Joseph Wade Miller ✝️ (@J_Wade_Miller) August 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/MetricButtload/status/1029186336735997952
Who are you and what have you done with The Washington Post
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) August 14, 2018
But — seriously? Antifa harassed the media because they couldn’t find any Nazis to punch?
This is a good overview of antifa's attacks on journalists yesterday. The writer doesn't come out and say the violence wasn't accidental but intentional and standard operating procedure for antifa. But that's the message if you read between the lines. https://t.co/ZxjYcpYx6C
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 14, 2018
Maybe it’s just that Twitchy has paid close attention to Antifa since the 2016 election, but it shouldn’t be news to any reporter that the clowns who are always wearing hoodies and kerchiefs over their faces don’t want to be videotaped doing what they’re doing.
That’s why an NBC News crew and its “snitch ass news bitch” were assaulted for covering a protest in Charlottesville Saturday night.
“Fu** you, snitch ass news bitch. Fu** you”. #Charlotsville pic.twitter.com/JPl3480FUG
— Cal Perry (@CalNBC) August 12, 2018
Give credit to CNN’s Jake Tapper for making note that at least two journalists were attacked by Antifa at last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va.
At least two journalists in Charlottesville were assaulted by people protesting the Klan/Nazi/alt-right rally. Taylor is one: https://t.co/haVOw89uTN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 17, 2017
5/ a source at the station says he's been out for three days with a concussion.https://t.co/ja7v2hsN7e
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 17, 2017
And here’s the Antifa at work in Berkeley, Calif., last summer. Face it, journalists: they’re just not that into you.
"Take his camera, take his phone," they are shouting at a journalist. #berkeley pic.twitter.com/hvsQ5eXalE
— Lizzie Johnson (@lizziejohnsonnn) August 27, 2017
And again in Berkeley, here are photos and news chopper video of a cameraman being chased down and beaten by the Antifa mob:
Cameraman that Antifa assaulted. Hit w/baton in 1st pic (already bleeding) then punched/kicked multiple times. Cops "helped" after assaults. pic.twitter.com/SLcdnxXGxq
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 28, 2017
Here is the video https://t.co/4LbpQcL3t8
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 28, 2017
At least Selk seems to have a clue; reporters might not hate Antifa, but Antifa hates reporters:
When a Washington Post reporter tried to interview the antifascists, they refused to speak. When he followed them up the street with his cellphone camera, one of them shoved a black umbrella into his lens and several shouted: “No photos!”
“This can harm us,” one of the protesters said, just before someone swatted the reporter’s iPhone out of his hand and threw it into the middle of the street.
The reporter and camera were fine, but the incident was hardly isolated. Throughout the day, journalists covering the rally shared stories of cameras being yanked and reporters accosted by members of the same movement that claims it is protecting free society.
Nice to see The Washington Post finally waking up after publishing this gem last year, 10 days before Antifa members were chasing journalists in Berkeley:
Perspective: Why the American left gave up on political violence https://t.co/Fem1U7lOh0
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 19, 2017
Related:
Fake news BS! Even though Antifa attacked them in Charlottesville, media report protest as 'peaceful,' blame cops https://t.co/YZEKvzaeWo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 12, 2018
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