MTG's UFO's and the Conspiracy Theory about a far right wing journalist being arrested for reporting "the truth" as usual is laughable.
That journalist was arrested for trespassing after he got into a heated argument and was warned prior to being arrested!!
Fact Check: Was Journalist Arrested in Ohio for Covering Train Derailment?
Newsweek covered the initial reports about how
NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert was arrested at a press conference on Wednesday February 8 regarding the derailment in Ohio on Wednesday.
Footage of Lambert's arrest went viral on social media, with one tweet by NewsNation
attracting more than 7.9 million views. Further video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol showed Lambert involved in an argument before he was taken out of the East Palestine school gymnasium where the conference was being held. He was then taken to the ground and moved out of the building.
County Municipal Court records show Lambert was arrested on two counts, resisting arrest and criminal trespass, and later released on bond.
The claim that he was arrested for reporting the truth, viewed on its own, is misleading. While Lambert was removed from the venue and arrested, the clip shared by Greene, viewed alone, does not provide all the facts.
As noted by NewsNation, Lambert was in a room "full of other journalists doing their job" so there is little likelihood that police or officials were trying to prevent "the truth" from being reported.
Regardless of one's views of the incident, the footage shared by Greene editorializes the facts. Fitted in among other claims about underreporting of the Ohio derailment story, it may create the impression of a more conspiratorial plot.
NewsNation has defended its reporter, with its Washington bureau chief Mike Viqueira telling the channel's
On Balance host Leland Vittert on Wednesday that Lambert behaved professionally while being "manhandled." He added that Lambert was talking very quietly to the camera and reporting on a "very critical story" of interest to the public.
Ohio Governor
Mike DeWine, who had been speaking to reporters, said that Lambert's arrest was nothing he authorized and added that he's fine with people doing a live broadcast while he's talking during a press conference. "I'm certainly very, very sorry that that happened," he said.
"I don't know all the facts but he or she—whoever was arrested—had every right to be reporting and do what they do every single day."
Newsweek has contacted Ohio State Highway Patrol, NewsNation and Marjorie Taylor Greene for comment.
Misleading Material.
As acknowledged by NewsNation, there were many other journalists at the same press conference where Lambert was arrested, so the notion that a reporter was arrested for "reporting the truth" (as the clip posted by Taylor Greene states) does not accurately reflect all of the circumstances surrounding the incident.
NewsNation's Evan Lambert was arrested while at a press conference about the Ohio train derailment.
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