✒️ Deputy Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
💽 Fellow and former COO of Starling Lab (Stanford+USC)
🌴 Board of Directors @lapressclub.bsky.social
Adam Rose
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A man struggles to process feelings of betrayal by fellow super rich after being booed in arena full of people who could afford tickets to NBA Finals in NY:
Oh man, even more World Cup team travel headaches...
4. "more than a dozen" Iran team staff denied visas
5. Swiss player denied boarding flight in Zurich, still working it out
6. South Africa delayed travel over staff visas, but later took blame
Begs question: How much of this is "normal"?
World Cup hasn't kicked off yet, but so far...
1. Somali referee denied entry to US at Miami airport (ESPN story below)
2. Iraqi team photographer denied entry to US at Chicago airport
3. Iraqi player questioned almost 7 hours at Chicago airport
More on Iraqis: abc7chicago.com/post/photogr...
"Protesters were literally pleading for press to remain. Police had other ideas," FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @truthout.org.
"At least three of those arrested ended up in the hospital. Do I really need to explain why press cameras needed to be rolling?"
Police want to decide which journalists can cover the Delaney Hall protests in Newark, New Jersey.
But if an officer can point at someone and declare they are not press, the First Amendment ceases to have meaning.
Read more from FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social:
In case you're wondering if things are getting better in Newark ...
... not really.
"We’re poorer as a society without having journalists there to bear witness," FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @blavity.bsky.social about reporters being arrested while covering protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
"On paper, both laws and courts tend to respect that press are exempt from curfews and dispersal orders," writes @adamrose.bsky.social, "But on the street, constitutional protections for those livestreamers can boil down to an officer’s snap decision."
Team staffers, federation leaders, media members, and at least one referee and player have dealt with travel issues ahead of the World Cup.
For more than a week, the streets outside Delaney Hall, a privately operated immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey , have been the site of some of the most intense protest activity the st...
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In one week, the US Press Freedom Tracker documented 30 assaults by officers on journalists near the facility
If the general election for Los Angeles Mayor ends up with Karen Bass vs. Spence Pratt, the winner would surely be sworn in with a negative approval rating.
Bass was -23% in March. Pratt could start lower.
How long until Kalshi and Polymarket are taking bets on a recall?
