"Documentary filmmaking is still the last bastion for truth telling," "It's very sad that Dole has now shown their support for Chevron's attack on Joe Berlinger."
Chevron Corp. is embroiled in a 17 year battle over allegations of environmental destruction in Ecuador, and is presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York today, in a related battle. Chevron wants all the outtakes from director Joe Berlinger's 2009 documentary "Crude."
What is at stake from a journalistic point of view is the question of whether, if all outtakes must be made public - whistleblowers or even concerned citizens will be afraid to speak up in the future. How much braver will they have to be if they know that anything at all they say can be made public and dragged through the courts?
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