Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're right that's true. And the only time I ever had a problem with getting permission to domy job (photojournalist) in a mall was right after we ran a story (that was true, by the way)that the mall manager was dealing cocaine out of his office at the mall. He didn't take tookindly to that. But in the end, we were back in without too much delay. He wasinconvenienced with a jail sentence. > 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. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html