A”Fischer threatened to boycott the match because of closed-circuit television cameras in the main hall…” REALLY?! Closed-circuit... without disruptive men operating them?
“the audience…watched on closed circuit television. Apparently Fischer had no objection to that TV equipment.” — The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Monday, July 17, 1972
Some Soviet-sympathetic individuals in media published distorted “persuasive argument fallacies” as a deception tactic to mislead readers. Pictured is an actual “closed-circuit tv camera”. This is the type of camera Robert Fischer expected to be in use in the main auditorium when he arrived in Reykjavik. But Robert Fischer was misled by Soviet-Icelandic organizers during negotiations and especially by their liason Chester Fox who omitted all mention to the American public about disruptive men in his employ, who were operating his cameras. Rather, Chester Fox went so far as to hire sound engineers who “tested the decibal level” to further mislead the public Robert Fischer's complaint was directed toward the camera equipment, instead of the faulty men operating the devices.
“…Lombardy said Fischer did not object to the cameras themselves, but only to their noisy operating.” — The State Columbia, South Carolina Tuesday, July 18, 1972
Fischer was not even shown the (large) television cameras nor the crews of men operating them, nor how close in proximity the cameras would be placed near Mr. Fischer during the match. “Closed Circuit TV Camera” is exactly what Fischer was expecting, and initially agreed to prior to the 1972 world chess tournament, during his interview with Johnny Carson in November 1972.
FISCHER: I was more disappointed than anybody that this thing wasn't televised because, you know, there was a lot of publicity and a lot of money involved and I wanted the people to see me in action. Let's face it. But they had these characters there, who instead of having, some kind of video tape film that didn't make any noise, just, nobody around to operate them, just sort of stationless ([Fischer meant “stationary” adjective: stationary; not moving or not intended to be moved.]) and they just had guys there with film cameras that were worrying, and they were all around me. Making a racket. A nuisance. […] Too much noise, and visually you could see them moving around.”
Fischer Interview with Johnny Carson, November 1972
What one of ABC's “Television Camera” looked like around 1970.
Another ABC “Television Camera” 1960s/1970s era… IOW, camera overkill for filming a chess game in progress.
