ABSTRACT
For a beleaguered press, chronically handicapped by self-censorship on delicate matters, the need still persists to counterattack and attempt to reverse the TV advantage of "revealing pictures" developed under the documentary auspices of anthropology, sexology, and even strictly biological science. If a first break-through film is sensational, then the follow-up series are perforce quieter and more routine; and they elicit critiques in a lower key. If there is only "a strong odor"—and there are not yet "smellies" as in Aldous Huxley's notorious vision of the camera's futuristic capabilities—then don't trust the TV's nose for truth. Light and conveniently transportable the camcorder and its TV-eye can more often than not be myopic, astigmatic, almost blind to the true big picture out there. The word scandal or scandalizing is often used in the context of an outing of an obscene phrase in the public prints by the author.
