Include / Exclude Query Params

I am writing a custom controller but cant get the include / exclude params to work, I have tried to use various field name formats but it just wont play ball:

$query = array(
      'posts_per_page' => 10,
      'cat' => '71,-151,-152',
      'include' => 'post_title,post_content'
    );

    $events = $json_api->introspector->get_posts($query);

Any thoughts??

Thanks,

Sam

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