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Journalist Jamie Kalven subpoenaed to testify in police officer trial

Incident Details

Updated on: November 28, 2018
Date of incident: November 16, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jamie Kalven (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Nov. 16, 2018: Pending

Nov. 27, 2018: Objected to

Nov. 28, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Man threatens to blow up Dallas magazine for publishing controversial columnist

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 13, 2018
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: D

Other Incident

White House suspends CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials and falsely accuses him of manhandling intern

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2018
Date of incident: November 7, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Acosta (CNN)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Protesters threaten Fox News host Tucker Carlson during demonstration outside his house

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 7, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Tucker Carlson (Fox News)

Other Incident

Iowa congressman Steve King denies at least four journalists access to election party

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 6, 2018
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Targets: Adam Rubenstein (The Weekly Standard), Christopher Mathias (HuffPost), Tom Cullen (Storm Lake Times Pilot), Tony Leys (The Des Moines Register)

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Arkansas man arrested after threatening to kill CNN anchor Don Lemon

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 6, 2018
Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas
Targets: CNN, MSNBC

Other Incident

BuzzFeed News journalist arrested in Seattle while asking for comment

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2018
Date of incident: November 4, 2018
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Blake Montgomery (BuzzFeed News)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Seattle Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Nov. 5, 2018: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2019: Charges dropped
Detention date →: November 4, 2018
Release date →: November 5, 2018
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Trump blames reporters for ‘creating violence by not writing the truth’

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 2, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Karen Travers (ABC News)

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