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January 14, 2021updated 30 Sep 2022 9:55am

Interview: Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt on US Capitol riot attack on photographer, ‘quite vile’ threats and the loss of a ‘common sense of reality’

By William Turvill

“Get the f*** out of here!”

These words, spat at an Associated Press photographer last week as he was shoved over a ledge outside the US Capitol building, illustrate the level of contempt felt towards journalists by sections of the American public today.

“He could have been badly hurt from a fall like that,” Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt tells Press Gazette. “Fortunately, he was not. But it was a scary video.”

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