Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker might’ve avoided prosecution if it weren’t for his political views and public statements after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, legal analysts told the Daily Caller.
The distinction, according to these analysts, means the case has certain implications about where a journalist’s rights to free speech or free expression begin and end. Rutherford Institute President and attorney John Whitehead said things were “getting very, very dangerous” for journalists, to the point where free speech might be “dead.”
“And that’s why I’m telling journalists, ‘You’ve got to get strong. Don’t give in. Don’t let them muzzle your rights. They want to muzzle you,’” Whitehead said.
