tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post1725950776552398886..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Swansea Council to allow filming but doesn't go far enoughcaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-67298637034654547542011-11-26T14:02:30.159+00:002011-11-26T14:02:30.159+00:00filming controlled by the council and made by appr...filming controlled by the council and made by approved companies, is A) propaganda B) unnecessarily expensive.<br /><br />Why are they worried, afraid they might make a boo-boo and get sent up via the tube, it can't be the content because the public is allowed in to observe.<br /><br />Afraid that bits that don't get into minutes may have been recorded??? and could be used against them at some point in the future.Nospinhttp://www.walesopinionslive.freeforums.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-41876905576687159992011-11-26T13:27:56.231+00:002011-11-26T13:27:56.231+00:00This is a very half-hearted gesture indeed. For it...This is a very half-hearted gesture indeed. For it to succeed, the local press and other media organisations would have to attend and film all public meetings, and that is very unlikely to be the case, even in Swansea.<br /><br />Cllr Mike Hedges also needs to ask himself about editing. There is nothing to stop anyone from taking a council press release and editing it, or to prevent a journalist or anyone else from editing comments made in a council meeting. Why should film be any different? Editing is a fact of life, and he needs to come to terms with it. <br /><br />Honest journalists, including citizen journalists, will try to give their readers an accurate account of what happened in a meeting without subjecting them to all of the jargon, back-slapping and tedious drivel which makes up most meeting time.<br /><br />And as for honesty and editing, anyone who compares what goes on in Carmarthenshire's council meetings with the official minutes will know that some councils could give a masterclass on dishonest editing. Which is exactly why we need filming.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.com