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Tulsi Gabbard targets press, leakers as national intelligence director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: HuffPost, Media, NBC News, The Record, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Freelance journalist barred from New York school board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 22, 2025
Location: Mastic Beach, New York
Targets: Jennifer Holloway (PRO_NYC)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Public school district
Type of denial →: Government event

Brendan Carr targets news outlets as chair of the FCC

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: ABC News, CBS News, KCBS, MSNBC, National Public Radio, NBC News, PBS News

Chilling Statement

News crew caught in gunfire near South Carolina park, vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2025
Location: Chester, South Carolina
Targets: Jen Cardone (WJZY)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Equipment broken →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

News crew caught in gunfire outside South Carolina park

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2025
Location: Chester, South Carolina
Targets: Donald Fountain (WJZY)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

News vehicle blocked in by tow trucks, driver charged with harassment

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 15, 2025
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Targets: Anonymous reporter 5 (KCTV), Anonymous photojournalist 6 (KCTV)

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Reporter subpoenaed for trial testimony by California city

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 8, 2025
Location: Fresno, California
Targets: Thaddeus Miller (The Fresno Bee)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 8, 2025: Pending

April 10, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

GOP senator implies violence would reduce ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 5, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

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