I was checking this thread out because the user was transcribing what he was listening in the local scanner:

#Philadelphia
BREAKING:
Reports of a SILVER Hyundai that has pulled up to a bank on Federal Street with 3 black males attempting to break the front windows.

— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 28, 2020

Looting, arson, straight up robbery, shootings, explosions, take your pick.

Nothing on Live on TV stations. There was some streaming, but it suddenly dried up to the point the usual stream aggregators I use have either quit or are showing other stuff.

A reporter from Breitbart was attacked the night before and in the same night watching streaming feeds coming out of Philly, I heard several times protesters warning/threatening “reporters” on their own side to keep the cameras away from them. It got to the point (both yesterday and today) that other than endless hots of the police line, nothing else was happening. No criminal incidents were being transmitted even when happening nearby or next to them.

My guess it is a combination of solidarity for the “cause” and fear they be beaten to a pulp. But sure as hell, they do not deserve the patch of PRESS they carry as amulet on their bodies.