It’s been more than two-and-a-half years since a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, urged by the then-president to stop certification of electoral votes. So why, then, after all this time, is the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker still following federal prosecutions of rioters? Because journalists were in the crosshairs that day, too, not just elected officials. According to our records, at least 18 journalists were assaulted while covering events inside and out of the Capitol. Reporters were forced to flee a media staging area as rioters hurled and broke news equipment, pitching it into a pyre to burn (the breaking part was successful; the burning part less so). German broadcaster ZDF and the Associated Press confirmed their equipment was among the damaged. |
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