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Sent via the WBAL (Baltimore channel 11 television) website (wbaltv.com):

I just watched your news broadcast from 17:00 to 18:30, and am mystified by what I DIDN'T see.

Why was there no mention of the pre-emptive police/FBI raids on non-violent protest groups (including Food Not Bombs) at the Republican convention, and the arrest of JOURNALISTS? Between the apparent use of the raids and arrests to prevent citizens' exercise of their right to free speech (which certainly bears investigation, either to clear authorities of that suspicion or to shine a light on police-state tactics, whichever turns out to be the case), and the arrest and detention of journalists who were there to report events, not participate (a precedent I'm sure members of your profession don't want established), I had expected news media to be all over that story, and was very much looking forward to learning details that had not yet been covered in blogs.

Where were you? Did the attempt to intimidate the protesters out of speaking up work so well that all the way in Maryland news organizations are scared to report what's going on?

Will I see anything about this on the eleven o'clock news tonight? It's a story that strikes to the very heart of Fundamental American Principles And Ideals, our very identity as "the land of the free and the home of the brave". It cannot be considered inconsequential.

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