Random links, musings and verbal wanderings of an unknown photographer trying to make it in the world of photojournalism...

08/03/2009

Intending to move away from the subject, but...

I stumbled across a video on the Guardian website.

Here

Somehow the Guardian have managed to get hold of a police video taken during a climate camp demonstration in August last year. The police seem to spend a lot of time concentrating on the journalists present.

What exactly is wrong with the media covering a demonstration or event? The two officers concerned seem to have a problem with "press officers" being present and capturing the event. As they filmed an ITV film crew making their way out of the field the demonstration was taking place in they remarked:
"a lot of press officers aren't there? They think they can just wander in and out of the field."
Going further to say (still filming the ITV crew):
"I trust them less than the protesters."

All food for thought, why do the police have such a bee in their bonnet?

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