article_snippet: Subjects of documentaries and reality TV stars alike routinely sign contracts allowing camera crews to pin a microphone to their lapels and follow their around 24 hours a day.  
article_snippet: Moreover, everyone in the television news business has a story about some famous correspondent going to the bathroom and forgetting about everyone in the television news business "hot" mic.  
article_snippet: In this brave new media world, the rule appears to be: You wear a lavalier microphone at your own risk.