Journalist faces criminal charges over coverage of protest
<i>He is thought to be the only journalist ever to have been charged both civilly and criminally for reporting on a matter of public interest in this country.</i><p>It seems misleading to say that has been been charged <i>for</i> reporting, rather than to say that he has been charged <i>while</i> reporting.  I haven't read the charges, but I presume the issue is lack of perceived immunity rather than separate laws against reporting. But this does raise the question, are there crimes that journalists frequently commit for which they are not charged?  The implication is that prosecution is rare because of immunity, but a simpler explanation would be that prosecution is rare because journalists are generally law abiding.