You cant take this incident in isolation, without taking a look at the broader picture. US warplanes bombed the serbian television tower in belgrade in 1999. A number of journalists have been killed by NATO forces, Al-jazeera was bombed in afghanistan. 2 journalists from al-jazeera after being detained for a couple of days in afghanistan.
Its the same reason why in protests now, in the western countries, cops go after people with cameras and smash, confiscate, intimidate, beat up people with cameras. Its because of the raw footage. I think were going to reach a point now where people will be streaming live from the internet, so that alot more stuff like this is going to come out. Im just wondering what steps the authorities are going to take next to prevent this from happening. Maybe they will outlaw video cameras because they are a "threat to national security".
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09-24-2010, 03:42 PM
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