Mike Burke is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

and senior producer of ''

Democracy Now! ''Democracy Now!'' is an hour-long American TV, radio, and Internet news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh. The show, which airs live each weekday at ...

'', an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television, and the Internet. He also co-founded ''

The Indypendent ''The Indypendent'' is a progressive newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York. It is published monthly, distributed worldwide and is available for free throughout New York City and online. It currently prints 30,000 copies per issue, covering local ...

'', a monthly newspaper based in

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, which describes itself as being focused on social and economic justice.

2012 Republican National Convention incident

During the

2012 Republican National Convention The 2012 Republican National Convention was a gathering held by the Republican Party (United States), U.S. Republican Party during which Delegate (American politics), delegates officially nominated former List of governors of Massachusetts, Ma ...

, Burke attempted to interview

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donor

Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Gary Adelson (; August 4, 1933 – January 11, 2021) was an American businessman, investor, political donor and philanthropist. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns ...

and was interrupted by someone who grabbed his video camera. This individual ended up taking the video camera into a private suite and proceeded to throw it to the ground. The individual was later identified as Adelson's daughter. She accused Burke of hitting her but later came out and apologized. The incident was caught on a video camera shortly after Burke began to question other Republican donors. Burke later filed a report on the incident.

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