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[td]Attacks against journalists have become more frequent since the [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign]], with journalists โ especially those reporting on political news โ being victims of assault,<ref name=assault>{{cite web |title=Assault |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/assault/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=iwmf>{{cite press release |title=IWMF Report Finds Journalists Under Threat in U.S. |publisher=International Womenโs Media Foundation |date=October 17, 2024 |url=https://www.iwmf.org/2024/10/iwmf-report-finds-journalists-under-threat-in-u-s/ |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> equipment theft and damage,<ref name=equipment>{{cite web |title=Equipment Damage |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/equipment-damage/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> [[detainment]],<ref name=detainmentAndArrests>{{cite web |title=Arrest/Criminal Charge |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/arrest-criminal-charge/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>, [[arrest]],<ref name=detainmentAndArrests /> [[cyberattacks]],<ref name=nprcyber>{{cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Jenna |title=Why cyberattack cases against journalists are increasing |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s...tack-cases-against-journalists-are-increasing |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> and [[doxxing]]<ref name=iwmf /> at increasing rates by police and civilians.<ref name=nprcyber />[/td]Revision as of 19:03, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]Attacks against journalists have become more frequent since the [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign]], with journalists โ especially those reporting on political news โ being victims of assault,<ref name=assault>{{cite web |title=Assault |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/assault/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=iwmf>{{cite press release |title=IWMF Report Finds Journalists Under Threat in U.S. |publisher=International Womenโs Media Foundation |date=October 17, 2024 |url=https://www.iwmf.org/2024/10/iwmf-report-finds-journalists-under-threat-in-u-s/ |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> equipment theft and damage,<ref name=equipment>{{cite web |title=Equipment Damage |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/equipment-damage/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> [[detainment]],<ref name=detainmentAndArrests>{{cite web |title=Arrest/Criminal Charge |website=U.S. Press Freedom Tracker |url=https://pressfreedomtracker.us/arrest-criminal-charge/ |publisher=Freedom of the Press Foundation |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>, [[arrest]],<ref name=detainmentAndArrests /> [[cyberattacks]],<ref name=nprcyber>{{cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Jenna |title=Why cyberattack cases against journalists are increasing |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s...tack-cases-against-journalists-are-increasing |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> and [[doxxing]]<ref name=iwmf /> at increasing rates by police and civilians.<ref name=nprcyber />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]These are widely considered the result of a combination of factors. Recent police attacks against journalists have been widely attributed to [[militarization of police]] in the U.S.,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mummolo |first=Jonathan |title=Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=115 |issue=37 |pages=9181โ9186 |date=2018-09-11 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1805161115 |url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1805161115 |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacobsen |first1=Katherine |last2=Negrรณn Almodรณvar |first2=Coral N. |last3=Westcott |first3=Lucy |title=When police patrol protests in military gear, journalists face a hostile reporting environment |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=September 10, 2020 |url=https://cpj.org/2020/09/when-police...nalists-face-a-hostile-reporting-environment/ |access-date=August 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> the degree of influence of [[Israel lobby in the United States#Degree of influence|pro-Israel lobbies and lobbyists]] on crackdowns on the [[Gaza war protests in the United States|Gaza war protests]] by government and university officials,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show |work=The Washington Post |date=2024-05-16 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/05/16/columbia-protests-adams-donors-whatsapp/ |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report |work=Al Jazeera |date=2024-05-16 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...ed-new-york-crackdown-on-gaza-protests-report |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> and [[Donald Trump|Trump's]] militarization<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=German |title=Trump Restores Program Sending Surplus Military Equipment To Police |work=NPR |date=2017-08-28 |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/5468...-sending-surplus-military-equipment-to-police |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> and deployment<ref>{{Cite report |title=DHS Had Authority to Deploy Federal Law Enforcement Officers to Protect Federal Facilities in Portland, Oregon, but Should Ensure Better Planning and Execution in Future Cross-Component Activities |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General |date=2021-04-16 |url=https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2021-04/OIG-21-31-Mar21.pdf |access-date=2025-08-30 |quote=Between June 4 and August 31, 2020, 755 DHS officers participated in Operation Diligent Valor.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Shane |title=DHS compiled โintelligence reportsโ on journalists who published leaked documents |work=The Washington Post |date=2020-07-30 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...e5ec9e-d25b-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> of law enforcement agencies and departments. Civilian attacks against journalists have increased largely as a result of Trump's legal and rhetorical attacks against journalists who are critical of his platform and due to his role propagating [[election denial movement in the United States|election denial conspiracy theories]], often resulting in his supporters taking violent action.<ref name=cpjtrump>{{cite report |last=Jacobsen |first=Katherine |title=Alarm bells: Trumpโs first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy |url=https://cpj.org/special-reports/ala...00-days-ramp-up-fear-for-the-press-democracy/ |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=April 30, 2025 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=assault /><ref>{{cite web |title='Murder the media': What the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol meant for US journalists |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=January 6, 2023 |url=https://cpj.org/2023/01/murder-the-...ack-on-the-capitol-meant-for-u-s-journalists/ |access-date=August 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]These are widely considered the result of a combination of factors. Recent police attacks against journalists have been widely attributed to [[militarization of police]] in the U.S.,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mummolo |first=Jonathan |title=Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=115 |issue=37 |pages=9181โ9186 |date=2018-09-11 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1805161115 |url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1805161115 |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacobsen |first1=Katherine |last2=Negrรณn Almodรณvar |first2=Coral N. |last3=Westcott |first3=Lucy |title=When police patrol protests in military gear, journalists face a hostile reporting environment |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=September 10, 2020 |url=https://cpj.org/2020/09/when-police...nalists-face-a-hostile-reporting-environment/ |access-date=August 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> the degree of influence of [[Israel lobby in the United States#Degree of influence|pro-Israel lobbies and lobbyists]] on crackdowns on the [[Gaza war protests in the United States|Gaza war protests]] by government and university officials,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show |work=The Washington Post |date=2024-05-16 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/05/16/columbia-protests-adams-donors-whatsapp/ |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report |work=Al Jazeera |date=2024-05-16 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...ed-new-york-crackdown-on-gaza-protests-report |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> and [[Donald Trump|Trump's]] militarization<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=German |title=Trump Restores Program Sending Surplus Military Equipment To Police |work=NPR |date=2017-08-28 |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/5468...-sending-surplus-military-equipment-to-police |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> and deployment<ref>{{Cite report |title=DHS Had Authority to Deploy Federal Law Enforcement Officers to Protect Federal Facilities in Portland, Oregon, but Should Ensure Better Planning and Execution in Future Cross-Component Activities |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General |date=2021-04-16 |url=https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2021-04/OIG-21-31-Mar21.pdf |access-date=2025-08-30 |quote=Between June 4 and August 31, 2020, 755 DHS officers participated in Operation Diligent Valor.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Shane |title=DHS compiled โintelligence reportsโ on journalists who published leaked documents |work=The Washington Post |date=2020-07-30 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...e5ec9e-d25b-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html |access-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> of law enforcement. Civilian attacks against journalists have increased largely as a result of Trump's legal and rhetorical attacks against journalists who are critical of his platform and due to his role propagating [[election denial movement in the United States|election denial conspiracy theories]], often resulting in his supporters taking violent action.<ref name=cpjtrump>{{cite report |last=Jacobsen |first=Katherine |title=Alarm bells: Trumpโs first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy |url=https://cpj.org/special-reports/ala...00-days-ramp-up-fear-for-the-press-democracy/ |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=April 30, 2025 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=assault /><ref>{{cite web |title='Murder the media': What the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol meant for US journalists |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |date=January 6, 2023 |url=https://cpj.org/2023/01/murder-the-...ack-on-the-capitol-meant-for-u-s-journalists/ |access-date=August 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]According to [[Reporters Without Borders]], "after a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the country is experiencing its first significant and prolonged decline in press freedom in modern history, and Donald Trumpโs return to the presidency is greatly exacerbating the situation."<ref name=rsf>{{cite web |title=United States |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states |website=Reporters Without Borders |publisher=Reporters Sans Frontiรจres |date=2025 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]According to [[Reporters Without Borders]], "after a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the country is experiencing its first significant and prolonged decline in press freedom in modern history, and Donald Trumpโs return to the presidency is greatly exacerbating the situation."<ref name=rsf>{{cite web |title=United States |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states |website=Reporters Without Borders |publisher=Reporters Sans Frontiรจres |date=2025 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>[/td]
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