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Freedom Outpost
What would you label a country’s government who detained a reporter for asking a political official a question while covering the conference where the official spoke? Most people would call this government Communist, Marxist, tyrannical or a police state – a government trying to control the flow of information to the people. Well, you would be right. And, you would be talking about the United States.
Bloomberg BNA energy reporter Ari Natter was detained by Capital Hill Police for trying to ask Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy a question while he was covering the American Council on Renewable Energy conference, where McCarthy was a speaker.
#transparency RT @AriNatter: I am being detained by Capital Police for trying to ask @EPAGina a question after her remarks.
— nickjuliano (@nickjuliano) March 28, 2014
It was only after the police checked with their superior officers and ran a background check that allowed Natter to be released; it was found he had the “proper” press credentials.
After consulting with his superiors and running a background check the police have let me go.
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
.@alexcguillen: Not the first time I have been threatened with arrest for doing my job as a reporter. Probably not the last either.
— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014
Not surprisingly, McCarthy did not even answer the question that caused Natter to be detained by the Capitol Hill Police.
Reposted with permission