Baron “Don’t Tape Me, Bro” Hill - Hates Bloggers
It seems our co-conspirator Dan Turkette - the Angry White Boy of Fort Wayne - has stirred the pot with regards to Baron “Don’t Tape Me, Bro” Hill’s “Town Hall Meetings”. It appears Baron Hill doesn’t like answer questions when he is not already aware. Would Baron Hill’s campaign stoop so low as to provide cue cards for those attending?
Maybe. This from a handout provided to AWB:
“Only credentialed media will be permitted to record– audibly and visually– at Congressman Baron Hill’s official events. Credentialed media are those members of the media associated with major news outlets, their affiliates or recognized television, radio or print sources”
In other words - f*** off bloggers, these events are for the uber-liberal MSM only. Unless you’re a moonbat blogger on the State Dem party payroll then its OK.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
What a coward. Is this guy such a scaredy-cat loser that he has no faith in himself, his message or his policies at all? You don’t want to be recorded, don’t run for office.
“the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” - Virginia Declaration of Rights.
August 15th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
It says something about Hill & his campaign that they don’t want recordings made. Someone is going to make recordings, of course, and if there’s only one or two recordings made, then it’s possible to munge the tapes to say what wasn’t actually said.
It also says something about Hill & his campaign that they think they can actually stop this recording.
In the first place, you’re talking paranoia. That’s not entirely unjustified. I’ve got a recording of Michelle Obama’s “REALLY proud” speech, just as it was broadcast on C-Span, and I’ve heard ads on TV where the word “REALLY” is edited out, trying to make her say something she didn’t say.
In the second place, you’re talking naivete. It’s not that hard to surreptitiously make a fairly decent recording. Kids have been doing that for decades at music concerts, and if you’re just after voice quality, not music quality, it’s even easier.
No matter what gaffe Hill thinks he might make, his best policy would be to encourage taping by everyone present, and to record it yourself as well, from a microphone on the stand so that it’s clear and easy to hear, offering to dupe your CD-ROM immediately after the event for anyone who wants one.
I’d disagree with the “You don’t want to be recorded, don’t run for office.” It’s more like “You don’t want to be recorded, don’t speak where there’s no expectation of privacy.” It’s not just candidates for office who need to beware of what they say in public.
August 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Two years ago, I saw Baron Hill on the IU campus. During our very short conversation, Hill asked me, “don’t you have a website attacking me?”
No, The Red Baron does not like bloggers.