# Claim 471

The judge ordered the RCMP to keep the media's role in a free society in mind when making enforcement decisions affecting journalists.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The judge ordered the RCMP to keep the media's role in a free society in mind when making enforcement decisions affecting journalists.
- Field: occurred_on
- Value: 2021-07-20
- About: [incident 2021-rcmp-restricts-press-fairy-creek-court-order](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-rcmp-restricts-press-fairy-creek-court-order)
- Source: RCMP treatment of media at Fairy Creek blockades: court case takeaways. https://thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-rcmp-media-court-takeaways/
- Publisher: The Narwhal
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-07-21

## Quotation from the source

> the RCMP will be reminded by the presence of this additional language to keep in mind the media's special role in a free and democratic society, and the necessity of avoiding undue and unnecessary interference with the journalistic function.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/471. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.