| Core Concept |
| The act of air-dropping cheap camcorders onto the world's trouble spots. |
| rationale |
| Injustice and tyranny thrives where it can not be seen.
Unfortunately, tyrants and warlords do not appreciate the attentions of journalists. How then to get the story out? |
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| how it works |
| Where it's too dangerous to report from, fly over dropping camcorders and blank tapes. Local populace will record atrocities and smuggle tapes out. World opinion will be galvanised into action.
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| WTC effect |
| The more cameras that record a tragedy, the greater the political impetus for action. Twice as many people died at Srebrenica than at the World Trade Centre, but only one had half the world's cameras pointing at it. |
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| technology |
| Uses the ubiquitous off-the-shelf domestic camcorder.
Obviously transmitting footage back via direct satellite or GSM would be even better, but currently too expensive to be practical. |
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| who pays |
| The UN? Media companies? Rich governments?
Is the price of liberty universal eye-witness coverage? |
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