{"id":9184,"date":"2018-07-22T19:40:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T02:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9184"},"modified":"2018-07-22T19:40:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T02:40:51","slug":"meet-the-reporter-dragged-from-trump-putin-press-conference-for-trying-to-ask-about-nuclear-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/22\/meet-the-reporter-dragged-from-trump-putin-press-conference-for-trying-to-ask-about-nuclear-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Reporter Dragged from Trump-Putin Press Conference for Trying to Ask About Nuclear Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5F9c8m6SlNQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/code><br \/>\nDemocracy Now!<br \/>\nPublished on Jul 17, 2018<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/democracynow.org &#8211; Before Monday\u2019s highly anticipated joint press conference with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the reporters was forcibly removed from the room. Sam Husseini was credentialed to cover the summit for The Nation magazine, and earlier in the day he tweeted, \u201cThe issue isn\u2019t Trump. The issue isn\u2019t Putin. The issue is the issues: Nuclear threats, Syria, etc.\u201d Before Trump and Putin spoke at the press conference, video shows Husseini holding a piece of paper that reads \u201cNuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.\u201d A security official aggressively tries to take the sign from him. We speak with Husseini about his arrest and the questions he was trying to raise. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a protest,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was just an attempt to do serious, aggressive journalism, which I think is what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy Now! Published on Jul 17, 2018 https:\/\/democracynow.org &#8211; Before Monday\u2019s highly anticipated joint press conference with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the reporters was forcibly removed from the room. Sam Husseini was credentialed to cover the summit for The Nation magazine, and earlier in the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/22\/meet-the-reporter-dragged-from-trump-putin-press-conference-for-trying-to-ask-about-nuclear-treaty\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9186,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184\/revisions\/9186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}