Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday October 17, 2016 @05:21AM from the topsy-turvy-world dept.

Investigative reporter and co-founder of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman, is now facing riot charges in the state of North Dakota after her report on a Native American-led pipeline protest there went viral on Facebook. From a TechCrunch report:Democracy Now! issued a statement about the new charges against Goodman late Saturday. Goodman's story, posted to Facebook on September 4th, has been viewed more than 14 million times on the social media platform, Democracy Now! said, and was picked up by mainstream media outlets and networks including CBS, NBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC and The Huffington Post. Additionally, documentary filmmaker Deia Schlosberg, is facing felony and conspiracy charges that could carry a 45-year sentence for filming at the protest, IndieWire reports.

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either or by Thud457 · 2016-10-17 05:45 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Against the pipeline?
I hope a flaming oil train derails in your backyard Karl Cocknozzle.

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