Journalists are not a neutral party anymore.<p>If you have an agenda and people realize you have an agenda and you inject yourself into these situations hoping to profit from it then honestly what did you expect would happen?<p>Journalists have spent the last few years being very vocal and making it very clear they are not neutral ground (because appealing to base emotion is more profitable) but also invest a lot of time agitating these situations so why would they expect to be treated like neutral parties. Makes no sense, until you realize pretending you're a victim is also profitable to the journo.<p>It's all a huge feedback loop they they're all too happy to be a part of.
Journalism does not exist anymore. They are propaganda actors. And people are revolted with that.<p>Obviously physical abuse is always the wrong response. But these "journalists" are helping to perpetuate this society where people think violence is the answer