If Journalists Can Be Detained for Reporting, None of Us Are Safe

Press freedom depends on whether documentation is protected in real time.

The detention of Don Lemon while reporting is not a celebrity controversy.

It is a constitutional crisis in miniature.

A journalist was taken into custody while doing what the First Amendment exists to protect:

observing power, documenting events, and informing the public.

If that can happen to a well-known journalist, it can happen to anyone who tries to r…