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A group representing Canadian journalists says it is shocked by the level of hatred, verbal harassment and physical confrontations some news reporters have experienced while covering protests against public-health measures cross the country.

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Brent Jolly, president of the @caj, said some form of hostility has always been a part of the job.

But the scale of hate on display during the recent protests is unprecedented.

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“It’s something that we really need to wake up to and understand the impact of disinformation and some of these ideas that are being sprouted online that have become mainstream,” Mr. Jolly said.

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Glen McGregor, a CTV News journalist, said protesters have been hurling obscenities at him and disrupting his live broadcasts since he first started covering the demonstrations in Ottawa.

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“Every time we had to go on camera there was a little bit of dread because we knew we were going to be facing this,” said Mr. McGregor.

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Mr. McGregor said the outright hostility also makes it difficult for reporters to tell the protesters’ side of the story, since many of them don’t want to engage.

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“We want to hear their voice and understand their perspective, but we can’t do that because they’ve bought into this idea that we won’t tell the truth,” he said.

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