Kill your television, dude...
Posted on 10/31/2010 10:52:15 AM PDT by Nachum
Irony reaches new heights as Comedy Central is going to “strictly prohibit filming” of the Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive. PJTV’s Washington Bureau chief Richard Pollock inquired with the Comedy Central’s senior vice president of corporate communications Steve Albani about receiving credentials. Albani claimed that Pollock would not be given credentials because of limited supply, and as such there would be no room on the “press riser” for PJTV’s camera and crew. When Pollock said that he’d be fine with filming not on the press riser, Albani said that filming would be “strictly prohibited” between 3rd and 7th streets on the National Mall (ground zero for the event). The email exchange is further down.
The claim that Comedy Central can prohibit filming on federal property during an event open to the public is completely wrong. I know this because I co-organized the first D.C. Tea Party event with John O’Hara (again, prior to my employment at The Examiner, yadda yadda), meaning I’ve gone through the process of getting a permit on federal property run by the National Park Service, which is precisely what Comedy Central had to do. And under the special events guidelines, which Albani may not have taken time to look at, is this:
News coverage of the event is allowed without additional permits unless significant additional equipment set-up, which is not depicted on the Permittees site plan, is involved. Arrangements for press and broadcast media coverage of the event must be made at least seven (7) days before the opening day of the event.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Typical First Amendment suppression ,,, the last thing they want is transparency . Now who wouldn’t want to live in a regime such as that ? The 70% of Americans who do not support a totalitarian socialist/communist regime ,, that’s who .
Kill your television, dude...
Thanks for the pictures and the link to a video.
HAHAHA Sorry I meant LSD haha I guess abusing those LCD TV’s would be kind of bad also.
HAHAHA Sorry I meant LSD haha I guess abusing those LCD TV’s would be kind of bad also.
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