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April 12, 2005
The Revolution Will Be Videotaped
Just a quick link to today's New York Times article about the ways in which videotape, taken during the protests of the Republican convention, has been used to clear many of the people charged with often serious crimes: "A sprawling body of visual evidence, made possible by inexpensive, lightweight cameras in the hands of private citizens, volunteer observers and the police themselves, has shifted the debate over precisely what happened on the streets during the week of the convention."
Posted by chuck at April 12, 2005 2:03 PM
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As camera phones, and inexpensive video cameras wind up in the hands of more and more people, one has to figure that the "citizen's media" will take on completely new meanings.
Posted by: Dylan at April 12, 2005 5:17 PM