FCC security guards manhandle reporter, eject him from meeting for asking questions
Source: Washington Post
FCC security guards manhandle reporter, eject him from meeting for asking questions
By Derek Hawkins May 19 at 3:25 AM
A veteran Washington reporter says he was manhandled by security guards at the Federal Communications Commission, then forced out of the agencys headquarters as he tried to ask a commissioner questions at a public meeting on Thursday.
John M. Donnelly, a senior writer at CQ Roll Call, said he was trying to talk with FCC Commissioner Michael ORielly one-on-one after a news conference when two plainclothes guards pinned him against a wall with the backs of their bodies. ... Seeking to question officials after news conferences is standard practice for journalists in Washington.
ORielly saw the encounter but continued walking, Donnelly said in a statement through the National Press Club, (1) where he heads the Press Freedom Team. ... After ORielly passed, the statement read, one of the guards asked why Donnelly hadnt brought up his questions while the commissioner was at the podium. The guard then made him leave the building under implied threat of force, the statement read.
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CQ Roll Call, owned by the Economist Group, publishes a variety of news products focused on policy and politics in Washington. Its known for researched, unbiased reporting. ... Donnelly, a well-known specialist in defense and military affairs, serves as president of the Military Reporters and Editors Association. He has previously headed the National Press Clubs Board of Governors and served on the Standing Committee of Correspondents for the U.S. Congress.
(1) http://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/reporter-manhandled-fcc-guards-because-he-asked-question
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/19/fcc-security-guards-manhandle-reporter-eject-him-from-meeting-for-asking-questions/
This happened in Charleston, West Virginia, two weeks ago as well.
West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10831133
W. Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary a question
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029040349
https://twitter.com/kenwardjr
'Asking questions shouldnt get you put in an orange jumpsuit,' by Dan Heyman in @washingtonpost
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More from national journalism groups objecting to arrest of West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman.
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except for the religion part, where Pence will make sure that gets reinterpreted to mean imposition of Christianity as the national religion. Because. The founders. 
They only see the word "religion" and ignore the rest and start mumbling about "original intent" and stuff about "this is what the founders really meant" and other bullshit. 
