Interview subjects bringing their own cameras to journalist interviews
Glenn Reynolds has an interesting piece at the New York Post arguing that politicians and other news subjects should bring their own cameras when they sit down with journalists — the logic being that if the journalist takes a quote out of context then they will then have the quote to prove it.
I’ve often thought about this myself, though I guess it works both ways. If you start releasing the videos to try to create positive spin, then you’re going to be asked to release them even when you say something foolish or damaging. Journalists often give a lot of slack when a subject makes a verbal gaffe. This might just create more fodder for the person’s critics.
