Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in February 2022
In February 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least six campaigns which named at least three individual media workers.
Incidents
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Convoy protester says reporters should have ‘X’s’ on their backs
Toronto Star reporters Alex Ballingall and Raisa Patel were harassed and threatened by a protester in Ottawa who got angry when he learned they were reporters from the Star.
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Convoy protester says reporters should have ‘X’s’ on their backs
Toronto Star reporters Alex Ballingall and Raisa Patel were harassed and threatened by a protester in Ottawa who got angry when he learned they were reporters from the Star.
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Beer can thrown at CTV journalist during Ottawa convoy protest
A person threw a beer can at CTV journalist Evan Solomon while he was reporting from Parliament Hill in Ottawa during the convoy protest. The can hit the CTV crew’s camera gear. “Seconds before I was doing my hit for @ctvnewschannel a guy in the crowd drilled a full beer can at me and just…
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Regina convoy protesters threaten journalism instructor
Protesters at a convoy rally in Regina harassed journalism instructor Layton Burton, calling him “enemy of the people” and making threats.
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Protesters disrupt, harass Global News journalist
Protesters verbally harassed Global News Halifax journalist Graeme Benjamin, who was covering a convoy demonstration on Jan. 27, 2022.
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Convoy protesters assault, harass Canadian Press photographer
Protesters harassed and assaulted Canadian Press photographer Frank Gunn while he was covering the convoy passing through Toronto on Jan 27, 2022.
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Protester harasses Global News journalist
A protester harassed Global News journalist Seán O’Shea and other media workers at a convoy protest in Vaughan, Ont. on Jan 27, 2022, calling the media “liars” and “criminals.”
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Haitian journalist working for a Montreal online radio station killed
John Wesley Amady, a 32-year-old journalist working in Haiti for the Montreal online radio station Radio Écoute FM, was shot and killed on Jan. 6, 2022.
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Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in January 2022
In January 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least four campaigns which named at least two individual media workers.