CNN —Early Wednesday morning, at 2am ET, imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial commenced before a Russian court on bogus espionage charges. “WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Falsely Accused of Espionage, Is Indicted in Russia,” the headline read. “This coverage should not read or sound as if this is a legitimate process,” Cherney said, imploring other newsrooms not to legitimize the proceedings or get trapped in bothsidesism while covering the story. It could take weeks or even months for a verdict to be handed down by the Russian court. But Cherney and her colleagues at The Journal are hoping that the U.S. government will succeed in freeing Gershkovich.

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Persons: Evan Gershkovich’s, Vladimir Putin, “, Evan, Emma Tucker, Elena Cherney, —, ” Cherney, Gershkovich, Evan Gershkovich, Cherney, ” Organizations: CNN, The, U.S . Locations: Yekaterinburg, Russia, bothsidesism, United States, Gershkovich