Steven Donziger isn’t a journalist. He was a lawyer who was suing Chevron.

I’ve been following the case closely. This is the first time anybody has claimed he’s a journalist, AFAIK.

Am I missing something?

Edit: according to Wikipedia he worked as a journalist for three years before attending law school. So I guess he’s an ex-journalist, and ex-lawyer for that matter.

But calling the persecution of journalists is false. Maybe persecution of environmental lawyers, but lawyers, unlike journalists, are heavily regulated, and face much higher liability for bad acts.

> threw their full weight at a lawyer

I used Steven as an example if private prosecution, where a private organization can take away your freedom outside of public prosecutors.

Steven did similar work to an investigative journalist at a high level, he brought attention to, and fought for a marginalized group. He did it through the court system rather than through publication. Despite doing it legally.

I don't see much of a difference. As recent times have shown, much of the legal system(and legal protections) depend on someone enforcing. Without that, there's little difference between the government boot and the corpo boot.