The Case against Liberating C-SPAN’s Cameras

Last week’s speakership battle is probably one of the few times in recent memory that the proceedings on the House floor got attention outside of the frenzied orbit of Twitter addicts and political junkies. The spectacle of members of Congress chatting, negotiating, and losing their tempers was high political drama.

This has led to renewed calls for the House to open up the floor to independent cameras. Currently, congressional officials control the cameras on the House floor and allow for a relatively limited set of shots, mostly focused around the dais at the front. After Kevin McCarthy was finally elected speaker, C-SPAN wrote a letter asking him for the right to film with its own cameras, and Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has also proposed legislation to that effect.

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Last week’s speakership battle is probably one of the few times in recent memory that the proceedings on the House floor got attention outside of the frenzied orbit of Twitter addicts and political junkies. The spectacle of members of Congress chatting, negotiating, and losing their tempers was high political drama.

This has led to renewed calls for the House to open up the floor to independent cameras. Currently, congressional officials control the cameras on the House floor and allow for a relatively limited set of shots, mostly focused around the dais at the front. After Kevin McCarthy was finally elected speaker, C-SPAN wrote a letter asking him for the right to film with its own cameras, and Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has also proposed legislation to that effect.