I am currently looking for stories about US government treatment of the press in the

[mmonk]

United States such as imprisonment and information supression as well as intimidation and abuse. I have a short window I'm working with and I plan to send it Diane Sawyer. Anyone who would like to help, post your examples in this thread. Thank you.

[meegbear]

1. ...

http://www.tfij.org/facts/intimidation/

[mmonk]

2. Thank you.

That looks quite useful.

[Echo In Light]

3. One example: Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

http://www.alternet.org/rights/97194/amy_goodman_and_two_democracy_now!_producers_unlawfully_arrested_at_rnc/

[mmonk]

4. Oh yes. Thanks.

I'm planning to use her example and the arrests on "terrorism" charges.

[blm]

5. contact Robert Parry at consortiumnews.......he's pretty open about what was done to him.

And to Gary Webb.

[mmonk]

7. Good idea.

[dgibby]

6. two that come to mind are Greg Palast and Mike Ruppert.

[mmonk]

8. Yep.

Thanks for the reminder.

[Echo In Light]

12. How CBS buried Palast's Bush/Gore "election" piece is still astonishing

[EFerrari]

13. Homeland security arrested him for his Katrina investigating.

[EFerrari]

9. John Pilger's films, critical of US policy in Latin America are banned here

I don't have a source but it should be easy to find. The only way we can see his work is on line or if we buy the DVD

Eta: Here's an overview of his work. Interesting, he was formally banned from South Africa in 67 for his apartheid reporting. His banning here is unofficial but the test is, can anyone find an instance of his work being aired? Not that I know of

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/718/37277

Also, didn't Bush/Cheney threaten the New York Times with prosecution if they ran the illegal wiretap story? I think they did

[EFerrari]

10. There was a blogger jailed in 2006 here for not handing over video tape

of a 2005 demonstration:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL

[mmonk]

15. Yep. Remember that one.

[G_j]

11. FBI Targeted Freelance Journalist Covering FTAA Miami Talks

http://i1.democracynow.org/2006/5/5/fbi_targeted_freelance_journalist_covering_ftaa


May 05, 2006
FBI Targeted Freelance Journalist Covering FTAA Miami Talks
Newly-released documents reveal that the FBI spied on freelance journalist David Lippman as he was covering the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami in 2003. The documents indicate Lippman was under surveillance for being a “known protestor w/history.” The American Civil Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit on his behalf.

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**note** journalists are often the first to be targeted at these types of affairs

[EFerrari]

14. HUAC investigated Pacifica Radio/KPFA for subversion 1960-63

http://www.kpfa.org/history

That was probably a mistake on their part. :evilgrin: