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Authoritarian restrictions on the press, attacks on journalists in the streets and more accusations of 'fake news' - it's like a war zone out there.  Rachael Jolley looks at the dangers of reporting during the Covid -19 pandemic. Jolley (@londoninsider) has developed a series of podcasts for Pod Academy on News in the Pandemic, this is the second in the series. William Horsley: They say that the first casualty of war is truth, but pandemic is in the same category Jean-Paul Marthoz:  Today being a journalist, you don't show necessarily that you are press. It's like going to a war zone Lada Price:  In Bulgaria, there are several reports of journalists being attacked, despite clearly identifying themselves as members of the press. Kirstin McCudden: We started keeping track of journalists who were harassed for covering the protests (which would be part of a normal news gathering routine, of course) Donald Trump: They are the fake, fake, disgusting news Rachael Jolley: My name is Rachael Jolley and welcome