PROFESSIONAL NEWS FOOTAGE OF BHUTTO SLAYING ATTRACTS SOLID NUMBERS ON YOUTUBE
January 1st 2008 01:10
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto drew large numbers of viewers to YouTube on the two days following the sad event, but, according to Online Media Daily, professional TV newscasts, some posted by the news organisations themselves, were by far the most popular content on the site.
A minute-long clip posted on the site by Al-Jazeera English drew about 185,000 views by about 24 hours after the attack. The second-most-popular YouTube clip was a reposting of news reports from Channel Newsasia, CNN, BBC that were recorded by the user simply training a camera on a TV, flipping between channels occasionally. This clip attracted over 177,000 views within the 24-hour period.
A clip from Fox News, involving discussion of the implications for US foreign policy, attracted over 57,000 views. A CNN clip of the last footage of Bhutto, taken at the rally minutes before she was shot and killed, attracted over 38,000 views.
Online Media Daily commented, “Professional news content may have dominated the YouTube postings because there were no user-generated video clips to compete with it – at least, none have been posted so far.
“In the past, YouTube coverage of the hanging of Saddam Hussein included a mix of both professional and user-generated content. User footage, surreptitiously filmed by an observer with his cell phone, was far more controversial (and therefore popular) because it showed the actual hanging. Professional news outlets were more restrained in their coverage. "
- From MediaBlab
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