system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do the journalists in documentaries about drugs and illegal weapons stay out of trouble despite being involved?
gpt
Involved in what?

Filming a crime isn't illegal, and outside of a few specific cases people have no obligation to report crimes to the police. As long as journalists do not materially assist in criminal activities they haven't done anything wrong.