We wrote yesterday about the wave of contemplative pieces the Annapolis shooting has inspired from journalists all over the country, but this op-ed published today in the Herald-Leader in Lexington, Ky., is worth sharing because it underlines the hostility most journalists face these days--hostility that the general public may not be aware of.Teri Carter, a reporter at The Anderson News in Lawrenceburg, Ky., shares a few incidents that have happened to her--one at the veterinarian's office right after she had her 14-year-old dog put to sleep. They're the norm for journalists, she writes, and adds that "If you’re a woman writer, add sodomy and rape."
This harassment is encouraged by President Trump and happily carried out by some of his supporters, she believes. "Days before the Capital Gazette murders, the president (as he does at his rallies) bellowed from a South Carolina stage, 'Those very dishonest people back there, the fake news. Very dishonest,'" Carter writes. "It is open season on journalists, and the president of the United States is the one gleefully doling out free license."
Her experiences with harassment have given her a somewhat jaundiced view of the current debate over public civility toward the president's administration: "Having spent a good two years drowning in this Trumpian dystopia, you’ll have to forgive me if I can’t get too het up about calls for civility when the White House press secretary is quietly and politely asked to leave a white-tablecloth restaurant. Thoughts and prayers come to mind."
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