Many mainstream news outlets, in reporting on this incident, are referring to Max Blumenthal and Sam Husseini as “activists” or “protesters,” when in fact they are both accredited journaists who have been properly vetted for attendance at White House news conferences.

Here’s Democracy Now‘s report:

“How Does It Feel to Have Your Legacy Be Genocide?”: Max Blumenthal Confronts Outgoing Blinken

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken was confronted by two journalists as he delivered his final news conference Thursday. The Grayzone’s editor Max Blumenthal disrupted Blinken just minutes into his address to reporters.

Max Blumenthal: “You waved the white flag before Netanyahu.”

Aide: “We’ll have the time to take questions at the end.”

Max Blumenthal: “You waved the white flag before Israeli fascism.”

Aide: “You’ll have the time to take questions at the end.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “I look forward to taking questions when I get a chance to finish my statement. Thank you.”

Max Blumenthal: “Your father-in-law was an Israel lobbyist. Your grandfather was an Israel lobbyist. Are you compromised by Israel? Why did you allow the Holocaust of our time to happen?”

Aide: “It’s time to go. Thanks very much.”

Max Blumenthal: “How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide? How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide? You, too, Matt, you smirked through the whole thing every day. You smirked through a genocide.”

Blumenthal was addressing State Department spokesperson Matt Miller at the end of the video. Matt Miller then ordered security to preemptively remove independent journalist Sam Husseini, forcing him to shout his questions to Blinken toward the stage as he was forcibly carried out of the room, then handcuffed.

Sam Husseini: “Everybody, from Amnesty International — from Amnesty International to the ICJ, is saying that Israel is doing genocide and extermination. You’re telling me to respect the process. Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague? Why aren’t you in The Hague?”

Right before the journalists confronted the secretary of state, Blinken thanked the press for “asking tough questions.” Earlier this week, a ProPublica report detailed the Biden administration’s repeated pattern of issuing “empty threats” and warnings to Israel over the past 15 months, allowing Netanyahu to dismiss any red lines from Washington while continuing its genocide in Gaza with impunity.

Here’s the best video I could find of this incident:

Journalists Max Blumenthal, Sam Husseini dragged out from Blinken’s briefing over Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AgC8JLtqM4