Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson is on the scene at the General Assembly for a hearing at which the UNC-TV footage that was — incredibly — subpoened by state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell and his committee. Here’s part of what occurred this morning, per Rick: (emphasis is mine)
The hearing room was packed. A separate bill was discussed and approved, and then Hartsell announced a 7-minute recess. Which quickly stretched to 15. And then, Hartsell said that we would not see the video right away because, even though UNC-TV had voluntarily turned over 13 DVDs worth of materials (or possibly 13 hours worth of materials), and reporter Eszter Vadja had provided a single, edited disc containing the footage for broadcast, the committee didn’t have the technical ability to show the footage. (Note to the General Assembly: Betamax lost the format wars long ago.)
So we’ll be back this afternoon, 15 minutes after the Senate session ends, to try it all again. I hear Best Buy has great prices on DVD players.
For all you tweeps, I’ll be tweeting the action, as it were. Follow me @Deregulator.
