cynwrig

'"Those cops knew they were going to be recorded." is the response you'd get.'

But what about the privacy of the suspects that the COPS voiceover reminds us are 'innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.'

Did they have any say in a film crew marching in after the police, filming the inside of their house and whatever interactions occur for broadcast? This seems like a far greater violation of privacy that the recording of public officials doing official business in public locations.

<For years, rags like the NYT bitched and moaned about banks not giving credit to minorities. So, the government forces banks to do just that. When the inevitable occurs, the same rags bitch and moan about an excess of foreclosures for the protected groups.>

You are confusing the issues of 'redlining' black neighborhoods with the recent sub-prime mortgage failures. They are not related, obviously, and the confusion is dishonest, and most likely deliberate.

I'm here for news on hacking and entrepreneurship - not to be subjected to astroturfing by fringe groups.

Perhaps the authors could bring it back into the community theme with a note about hate entrepreneurship - green-themed sheet washing services, lo-carbon crossburnings and the like.