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Press Suppression at Occupy Wall Street Raid

Around 1:00am on Tuesday, Nov 15th, the NYPD moved in to clear Zuccotti Park of all protestors and equipment. Over the next 12 hours, both independent and mainstream journalists were prevented from covering the story, and 8 credentialed journalists (including AP, NPR, NY Daily News) were arrested.

  1. NBCNewYork
    NBC New York@NBCNewYork
    #BREAKING: Police in riot gear raid Zuccotti Park, order protesters to vacate bit.ly/uDycwr #OWS
    Mon, Nov 14 2011 22:06:51
  2. NewYorkObserver
    NewYorkObserver@NewYorkObserver
    Here with credentialed photogs from NYT, WSJ and Reuters they're also being barred from #occupywallstreet
    Mon, Nov 14 2011 23:06:55
  3. NPR Freelancer Julie Walker and NY Times blog The Local reporter Jared Malsin were arrested by the NYPD, along with an unknown AFP photographer
  4. jwalkreporter
    Julie Walker@jwalkreporter
    Am still reporting on #OWS for NPR since being released from jail following my arrest. Catch me at the top of the hour. #fb
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 07:36:26
  5. nytlev
    Local East Village@nytlev
    Our reporter was arrested near Zuccotti Park while covering #ows #occupywallstreet this morning. Watch the video eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/vid…
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 11:38:46
  6. You can watch Malsin get arrested at the 2:10 mark of the video below. He repeatedly states he is a reporter, and shows what he tells me is a UN press credential
  7. Untitled
    The Local East Village
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    Mon, Nov 14 2011 23:48:26
  8. jmalsin
    Jared Malsin@jmalsin
    When I was arrested, I was put in a police van with NY councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and an @AFP photographer.
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 07:20:11
  9. Update: 5 more credentialed journalists arrested, 2 from the Associated Press, 2 from DNAinfo.com, and 1 from the New York Daily News
  10. AP Assistant Bureau Chief Chad Roedemeier:
  11. chadroedemeier
    Chad Roedemeier@chadroedemeier
    AP reporter Karen Matthews and AP photographer Seth Wenig were arrested by #NYPD while covering #Occupy protests.
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 09:31:47
  12. New York Daily News:
  13. nydailynews
    New York Daily News@nydailynews
    Our reporter Matthew Lysiak says that he has been arrested at the 6th Avenue park bit.ly/vl2NpO
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 08:58:46
  14. According to DNAinfo.com, Hedlund and freelance photographer Paul Lomax were arrested in separate incidents while wearing NYPD-issued press passes 
  15. DNAinfo.com Journalists Arrested While Covering OWS Police Raids - DNAinfo.com
    MANHATTAN - Two journalists for DNAinfo.com were among a number of reporters and photographers arrested Tuesday morning as they tried to ...
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  16. Violence by the NYPD against journalists was widely reported
  17. New York Times Reporter Brian Stelter:
  18. brianstelter
    brianstelter@
    I'm w/ a NY Post reporter who says he was roughed up by riot police as Zuccotti was cleared. He thinks violence was "completely deliberate."
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 03:32:05
  19. brianstelter
    Brian Stelter@brianstelter
    Per @LindseyChrist, riot police didn't distinguish between media & protesters. "They took a Post reporter and threw him in a choke hold."
    Tue, Nov 15 2011 02:25:46
  20. NY1 Education Reporter Lindsey Christ:
  21. LindseyChrist
    Lindsey Christ@LindseyChrist
    Reporters/photogs being thrown to ground and pushed to wall if they get in front of the wrong officer. Other officers calm and polite.
    Mon, Nov 14 2011 23:12:11
  22. Mother Jones reporter Josh Harkinson
  23. Cops just violently shoved me away as I tried to shoot this man in a stretcher being loaded into ambulance twitpic.com/7efa2v
    Josh Harkinson@JoshHarkinson
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    Tue, Nov 15 2011 01:16:24
  24. Just as the raid began, the CBS helicopter that was filming Zuccotti Park was ordered to vacate the airspace by the NYPD, as confirmed by Reuters Social Media editor Anthony De Rosa
  25. AntDeRosa
    Anthony De Rosa@AntDeRosa
    I just spoke with the CBS News desk and they were told to leave the airspace above Zuccotti Park by NYPD
    Mon, Nov 14 2011 23:33:43

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