I think newsreporters are a key tool for gathering the truth of situations not everyone can witness. I thought that was their job? To bring the truth and the news of current affairs to the public eye, so that everyone can understand the way of the world. So that people know that they are not oblivious to what is happeneing out there. Its important that speeches and other situations are recorded, but abusing that recording is out of the question.
If one were to record a situation and lie about it, or "bend" the truth. Then of course legal action has to be taken. Its not right.
But the recording of something like that is important.....

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"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the
same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus