YouTube
YouTube is a popular Internet site that allows users to share videos. The "YouTube Generation" was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2006.[1] In October 2006, Youtube was purchased by Google Inc. Controversy arose after people such as Michelle Malkin claimed that it censored conservative content, [2]. This led the creation of QubeTV, similar to the creation of Conservapedia by people who believed Wikipedia to be liberal, and the Christian alternative, GodTube, which has now re-named itself[3] "Tangle".
On July 23, 2007, YouTube hosted an interactive debate between the Democratic candidates in the 2008 Presidential Election, in which YouTube users submitted videos of themselves asking questions. A similar debate involving the Republican candidates occurred on November 28. This led to controversy, as they used a question submitted by Keith Kerr, who has ties to Hillary Clinton's campaign.[4]
On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a lawsuit against YouTube for its hosting of copyrighted content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed.[5]
Much of Youtube is vehemently anti-conservative. Over 60% of Christian videos with more than 5,000 views are rated at 2.5 stars or lower. Liberal videos, however, while often being much more poorly made, are usually rated at least 4 stars. Christian comments on most videos frequently attract insults by atheists. [6] In order to combat this vicious slander, Conservapedia has started its own YouTube channel.
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References
- â http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html
- â http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/
- â GodTube is Born Again as MySpace-Like Tangle Mashable
- â http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23698
- â http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE
- â http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52405