tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post112276419574037892..comments2023-10-06T07:28:21.803-04:00Comments on Cuban-American Pundits: Essays from a Cuban-American Perspective: The Agony of DeFede, Part IIIVal Prietohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857729823069869008noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122897880107910242005-08-01T08:04:00.000-04:002005-08-01T08:04:00.000-04:00No, I'm not wrong. Video recording does not come u...No, I'm not wrong. Video recording does not come under this statute - it comes under the ones covering photography. Basically, for editorial purposes (advertising is different), you can photograph anything you can see if you are in a place that you have a right to be.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's true that video cameras have audio tracks, and it is illegal to secretly record the audio track. That's one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122851111347282502005-07-31T19:05:00.000-04:002005-07-31T19:05:00.000-04:00Juan,I believe you're wrong. First of all, all vd...Juan,<BR/><BR/>I believe you're wrong. First of all, all vdeo tapes have audio tracks. Remember the act of recording alone is a violation, not just the publishing of recorded materials. <BR/><BR/>The following is quoted from a guide for reporters published by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press at www.rcfp.org.<BR/><BR/>"Fla. Stat. ch. 934.03: All parties must consent to the Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122827996235288552005-07-31T12:39:00.000-04:002005-07-31T12:39:00.000-04:00While it makes no logical sense, secret video reco...While it makes no logical sense, secret video recording is <B>not</B> illegal under Florida law - only secret audio recording. Under this state's law, one is not the same violation as the other. Maybe it should be, but it's not.<BR/><BR/>What the reporter did is not illegal. Since she is checking up on government employees in their official capacity, she is not acting unethically, either. That's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122819915107178162005-07-31T10:25:00.000-04:002005-07-31T10:25:00.000-04:00Today;s editorial by Tom Fielder pretty much ails ...Today;s editorial by Tom Fielder pretty much ails the coffin on this story. It is all about integrity.Val Prietohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857729823069869008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122772384251976442005-07-30T21:13:00.000-04:002005-07-30T21:13:00.000-04:00I totally understand that journalists break the la...I totally understand that journalists break the law all the time. I also understand the double standard that exists in the media, including your TV example.<BR/><BR/>I still support the Herald's decision because it is based on what's ethically (sorry, there's that word again) right. For once, they were right. <BR/><BR/>If we find out later that the Herald had other reasons for firing DeFede, thenRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028084814683627950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122770427118114142005-07-30T20:40:00.000-04:002005-07-30T20:40:00.000-04:00That's the proverbial $64,000 question. I can onl...That's the proverbial $64,000 question. I can only think that something was said on those tapes that the Herald didn't want to get out there. Or perhaps they just wanted to distance themselves from the whole thing because Teele decided to blow himself away in their lobby. I don't know. But do you disagree that journalists often break the law in order to get a story. <BR/><BR/>I think I gave Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1122769829882172512005-07-30T20:30:00.000-04:002005-07-30T20:30:00.000-04:00Conductor,Why do you think the Herald fired him? S...Conductor,<BR/><BR/>Why do you think the Herald fired him? Surely, the Herald hasn't gained many friends from the firing. DeFede's columns were very popular. Why then would they be willing to lose subsribers unless they felt strongly about the ethics violations. <BR/><BR/>Maybe there were internal problems brewing between DeFede and his bosses, who knows. I do know this, however: anyone who Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028084814683627950noreply@blogger.com