{"id":3660,"date":"2020-10-01T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2020-11-30T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:38:24","slug":"aaja-statement-on-the-attack-of-wcco-tv-photojournalist-dymanh-chhoun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2020\/10\/01\/aaja-statement-on-the-attack-of-wcco-tv-photojournalist-dymanh-chhoun\/","title":{"rendered":"AAJA Statement On The Attack Of WCCO-TV Photojournalist Dymanh Chhoun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">On Wednesday, WCCO-TV photojournalist Dymanh Chhoun&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2020\/10\/01\/trump-supporter-attacks-wcco-photojournalist-in-duluth-you-want-to-be-violent-come-to-me\/?taid=5f75d2e2f056530001325321&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was attacked<\/a>&nbsp;while covering President Donald Trump&#8217;s rally in Duluth, Minn. WCCO says Chhoun identified himself as a member of the press and was recording video while in a public space. Chhoun was not hurt in the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">AAJA stands in solidarity with our fellow journalists, and condemns threats and attacks that interfere with journalists&#8217; right to do their jobs without fearing for their safety. We urge police to fully investigate this incident.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Journalists face an increasingly hostile environment, and video of the incident serves as a reminder of the risks that journalists encounter every day while reporting on the front lines. The press is not the enemy &#8212; it serves a fundamental role in a democracy by informing the public and holding powerful people and institutions accountable. Any threat to the press is a threat to a free society, free speech and the First Amendment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; AAJA Minnesota and&nbsp;AAJA National Board of Directors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAJA stands in solidarity with our fellow journalists, and condemns threats and attacks that interfere with journalists&#8217; right to do their jobs without fearing for their safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,45],"tags":[49,55,50,48],"class_list":["post-3660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-statements","category-statement","tag-first-amendment","tag-mistreatment","tag-politics","tag-press-freedom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog-CoverAsset-6.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3700,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions\/3700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}