[gdani]

TV cameras produce drama and emotion and grandstanding.

Hardly. My state's supreme court broadcasts their oral arguments & no one has complained about negative effects.

Count me as a person who wants more accessibility & transparency into the way government works, not less.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hardly. My state's supreme court broadcasts their oral arguments & no one has complained about negative effects.

"No one?" How can you know that? Spoken like a true bureaucrat.