I’m governor Jerry Brown, my aura smiles and never frowns. Soon I will be Pres-i-dent. - California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys)
I certainly would record anything I said to the press and I would demand that they record also so that they can never have deniability when they misquote me.
What’s the big deal? Brown is a lib and it’s not like he was taping ACORN workers....
Jerry Brown , I demand that you investigate........er, Jerry Brown
This is BS check California law only confidential conversations are prevented from being recorded without two party consent. Unless the reporters asked that the conversation be confidential, IMO no violation.
I don’t understand why it’s against the law to tape people without their knowledge. For the government, I get it. We don’t need them collecting information for any reason.
But for the rest of us? What about sending your voice out there into the ether and miles away into someone else’s ears gives you an expectation of privacy? Seriously, I think we should expect to be recorded any time we leave the house—physically or via sound waves/electrical impulses. Heck, we should even expect people can record us while we’re on our property, so long as the recorder isn’t on said property (using a directional mic, for instance). That’s how we handle telephoto lenses. Why not recording equipment?
Interesting . . .because Jerry Brown - as California Attorney General - is the one looking at whether Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe broke any California laws when they secretly taped ACORN giving advice on how to bring 13 & 15 year old illegal girls into the US for prostitution. What a hypocrite!
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has been secretly recording telephone conversations with reporters, an apparent violation of state law.One down, one to go.