'You're Not Allowed To Film': The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland. Both sides are getting their information through purposely bottlenecked media reports, and the results are predictably distorted and dangerous.

Reason ^ | September 4, 2020 | Nancy Rommelmann

[karpov]

"YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!" is a cry you hear incessantly at protests in Portland, Oregon, always shouted at close range to your face by after-dark demonstrators. You can assert that, yes, you can film; you can point out that they themselves are filming incessantly; you can push their hands away from covering your phone; you can have your phone record them stealing your phone—all of these things have happened to me—and none will have any impact on their contention that "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM" and its occasional variation, "PHOTOGRAPHY EQUALS DEATH!"

I cannot say who came up with these anti-camera battle cries. But it's easy to understand why protesters use them: to shape the narrative the country sees about the protests. And that narrative, in my estimation after many weeks covering street clashes in a city where I lived for 15 years, is 90 percent bullshit.

I wondered, the first time I attended the protests at the federal building back in July, who all these young people with PRESS emblazoned on their jackets or helmets were. I asked one such guy who he worked for.

"Independent Press Corps," he told me. As it turned out, dozens of other young PRESS people happened to work for the same outfit, which I at first assumed was a fancy way of saying "I want to report stuff and stream it on my Instagram."

This turned out to be naive. The IPC is an organized group in league with the activists, and it is usually their footage you see streamed online and recycled on the news: mostly innocent protestors being harassed and beaten by police.

The police indeed have tear-gassed and beaten people; there has been brutality.

[yesthatjallen]

I believe the Supreme Court has ruled when you’re in public you have no expectation of privacy and you can be photographed and recorded.

[frank ballenger]

Remember the detestably repulsive Melissa Clack who called for “some muscle over here” to forcibly grab a video camera and manhandle the reporter who wanted to interview people on campus?

I Need Some Muscle Over Here... Get This Reporter Out Of Herewww.realclearpolitics.com › video › 2015/11/10 › conc...
Nov 10, 2015 - Mizzou Journalism Professor....

[G Larry]

If I’m anywhere near that type environment, it won’t be a camera in my hands.

[Dr. Sivana]

It’s not film. It is a digital recording.

[Dr. Sivana]

Tell the Brit press corps that Duchess Catherine is there, and they will record everything crystal clear from 1/2 a mile away.

[SES1066]

Important point from the last line of article; "As we move into what is shaping to be the hottest weekend thus far in Portland, it's important to understand how the coverage you are getting is being shaped, and by whom." This IPC maintains a list of approved journalists that include feeders to New York Times and other 'reliable sources'. Non IPC coverage is harassed, stolen from and discouraged, all to perpetuate this ad hoc and unorganized peaceful protest in one of Oregon's most LEFTist cities!

[cuban leaf]

Yeah. That drives me nuts too.

Nobody is “filming’ these events. They are recording them.

[marktwain]

Cameras are every bit as important to defending the Republic as firearms are.

[RandallFlagg]

I’m betting this is a direct result of Kyle’s self defense actions.
They were filmed chasing down a minor to murder him, and that’s, “Bad Optics,” for the punks.
Can’t have that.

[Spok]

The barbarians are in charge and it’s going to take courage and resolve to confront them. When the common people finally snap the pendulum will, unfortunately, swing way to the opposite extreme.

[xkaydet65]

I don’t believe ANTIFA and BLM feel the Constitution, let alone a SCOTUS decision, is worth the paper it’s written on.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“You’re not allowed to digitally record here” — it just trips off the tongue, doesn’t it?

[Major Matt Mason]

Here's a funny take on that Missouri foolishness. Warning - NSFW language in this video.

[rockrr]

I guess I’m an analog man hopelessly lost in a digital world.

The other day my idiot neighbor started to cut down a tree that straddles the fence line. Because he’s an idiot and doesn’t know what he’s doing I could see that he was going to drop the damned thing on my house.

So I tossed my phone to my daughter and asked her to film for me while I tried to intervene.

“Film?” she asked.

“Yeah, film it! Tape it!”

“Oh, you want me to record.”

*Sigh*

(I got the neighbor to aim the tree in the direction of his house instead of mine).

[Dr. Sivana]

(I got the neighbor to aim the tree in the direction of his house instead of mine).

If he hits his own house, your daughter can get lots of views on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok!

[BenLurkin]

That’s odd.

Nobody told Kaplan to not livestream the Daneilson assassination.

[DoodleBob]

These types of people aren't interested in dialogue, what is correct, or even the law...they are authoritarians who believe it is their God-given right to command me to yield to their authority. The only difference between this troglodyte...

...and Officer Cartman...

...is the bullhorn.

I will wear a mask in a store, and what the law requires. Other people's overblown sense of self-entitlement and jurisdiction is best met with mockery and ridicule. What these people really hate, is you not taking them seriously. They drop their guard, go off-script, and become the basis for very funny memes.

My standard response to fellow citizens who are compelled to tell me how I'm not following rules etc when I am, e.g. not wearing a mask in public, is to wave and say "Thanks, Karen." They hysterically try to educate me that they're not a Karen because Karen's are racist and they not a racist and I just don't care about their health and blah blah blah...as I walk away laughing.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article): ".. "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM" and its occasional variation, "PHOTOGRAPHY EQUALS DEATH!"

The masked individual don't wish to be identified as criminal perpetrators, which they are.
The policing agencies can identify the vehicles and bicycles which they used to travel to the riots by traffic cams,
place the perps there, and the digital cameras confirm their identity while committing criminal activities.
The reason that the rioters don't want video is that they can be identified, as well as their actions during the riot.
Their own folks video tape and digital photograph their activities is because these photos are used to draw new recruits,
and to be paid bounty by funding sources.
Law enforcement use these videos and photographs to hold criminal activities and their participants accountable and responsible for their actions.
The 'perps' are identified by their clothing, uniform, underclothing, backpacks, and mode of transportation,
that is why they are opposed to unsanctioned video taping.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Cameras are every bit as important to defending the Republic as firearms are."

I'm sure there are cameras that will mount on a Picatinny assault rifle rail. Right next to the infrared flashlight and night vision scope.