Cell phones drive random acts of journalism
Just the other day, I read a quote from a mainstream media apologist saying that owning a cell phone with a built-in camera doesn’t make one a journalist. My first thought was: ‘Actually, it does make them journalists if they use a camera phone as a tool to perform an act of journalism.’
And that’s what happening in Toronto, Canada, where fed up commuters are using their phones to keep tabs on bus drivers and other transit workers who are makign their lives Hell. Naturally, the workers object:
“Stop harassing people who are doing their jobs. Stop insulting them. Stop waving your phone cameras in their faces as you get on the bus or streetcar. Stop spitting on them. Stop calling them lazy or overpaid. Stop the video stalking of drivers when they stop for a washroom break. We’re entitled to washroom breaks, like any human being should be.”
Responding to weeks of [...]
Original post by Billy Dennis