Gibson specifically said that they couldn't film from the angle facing the control room. I'm pretty sure he was going to let them film him, just against a different backdrop.
Yeah, but that would make it an awfully boring location, so why does he say he has a better filming location only to take them to a place where they cannot film anything worthwhile?
Because, for the plot to work, the TV crew somehow has to get to the control room gallery to (illegally) capture the accident on film.
This piece of dialogue was poorly written.
"Bill we can't film here, it's too dark to see anything." - "Okay, I got a better idea anyway. I think you'll like it."
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"Oh, I'm sorry, we can't film in that direction for obvious security reasons."
"So why did you take us here? To film the water fountain??? F-U!!!"
I think the point is that they'll certainly like to see the control room (and he definitely likes showing it off), but the plant guide should not have suggested it as a response to their complaint that they couldn't "film in here". These lines should have been omitted, and they should have just cut to the elevator taking them to the gallery.
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