Jesse Jackson appearing in a church on campaign trail, TV cameramen capturing joyful singing and clapping. Jesse Jackson press conference on Church steps afterwards, shots illustrate how cameras and lights tend to dominate the scene and become the center of attention. V.O.-the content of speeches is reduced to soundbites.
Shots inside a TV editing room, a Caucasian female editor works with a Caucasian female reporter to select footage of Jesse Jackson for a news report.
Reporter Linda Douglass, KNBC, Los Angeles, seated at her desk in front of computer, saying that it's inevitable that meaning is lost when speeches are sliced up to soundbites.