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06.06.2020 - 20:53 [ HollywoodReporter.com ]

MSNBC‘s Ali Velshi on Covering Protests Amid Press Attacks: „We Exist to Hold Power to Account“

(03.06.2020)

„If you‘re in a crowd and the crowd‘s getting tear-gassed, that‘s the nature of the business. So, it‘s not that reporters never get injured incidentally in these things. But, as you saw, the flavor of this one was a little bit different. There was something indisciplined about the way the authorities were operating, and there was definitely something in the air that allowed the police to believe this kind of behavior was OK.

I believe that we exist to bear witness and to hold power to account, and that‘s it. And if you‘re not prepared to do that, then don‘t be a reporter“