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They reported on anti-Semitic tactics on government Zoom calls. Then they were targeted.

Phil Barber and Gabe Stutman reported on anti-Semitic groups who would join public Zoom calls held by local government bodies to spout anti-Semitic remarks. Soon afterward, the same groups impersonated Barber and Stutman in other government calls, attaching their names to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

We discuss with Barber, reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and Stutman, news editor of the Jewish News of Northern California.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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