The idea of bodycam footage for journalists is really intriguing and growing on me 🤔
The cop analogy is really strong
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Yeah let's please not make this the norm. I get the impulse, but I think the second order effects for legitimate journalism would be way too severe (actual sources would never talk, ever again, for fear of recordings leaking). The cops being taped is categorically different
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I’m talking mainly about subjects recording interactions for their own protection
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I know my bad 🤣
I spotted that, but went with it anyway since they’re a symbol of accountability and don’t work anyway but mark the cops as not presumptively incorruptible.

