How police control the news agenda
'A ground breaking documentary'- The Ecologist
Breaking News ( 14minutes )
An award winning documentary investigating how Police are trying to control the news agenda. The arrests of journalists during demonstrations is seen by many as a step too far. Repeatedly the reporters are released without charge once their news deadlines have passed. Undercurrents recorded incidents of reporters being arrested for filming Police misbehaviour, and even for forgetting the PIN on their Press Card.
Produced in 1999
Latest info on this can be found on the National Union of Journalists website
NUJ Legal Officer Roy Mincoff said: “There are examples of NUJ members who have been arrested and had material and property such as camera equipment seized in circumstances where it would be difficult to argue that it was necessary and proportionate, and has had the added consequence of interfering with the ability to work and earn a living.”The film was produced in 1999 but the story is the same today.The Home Office is being daft in their response to the problem with this recent response.
Source undercurrents
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