Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, a journalist WOULD have to get permission to interview people in the mall IF the journalist was challenged by mall employees. Freedom of the press does not give one the right to break laws; it gives one the right to publish information one gathers. While police departments, other local governmental authorities, and Congress, may chose to give journalists certain privileges or rights, I'm unaware of any immunity from trespassing laws. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Keith R. Wessel Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 10:08 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Inspired but arrested > Let's say the mall in in a posh outer suburb but that there are > communication lines with the inner-city scum so that they turn up at > the mall and bother these beautiful people out in the burbs. So the > owners of the private property start barring certain elements from > their malls. They hurt the neighborhood, so to say. > > Now this would be news. Would the journalist have to go to the PR > people of the mall and ask their permission to do an article on racial > discrimination at the mall? Excellent point. It begs the question as to whether we as a society seek to exclude the undesirables. I think that has been done with some success in India. We once had a "Great Society" movement in this country to provide opportunity for the less privileged. I am somewhat troubled by the distinction between journalist and documentarian. Do the wonderful photographs posted today by John Beeching not provide an historical slice of life which deserves respect equal to that of the breaking news journalist? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html