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Fox Crushes Unflattering YouTube Channel

Liberal bloggers' Hannity, Beck clips yanked

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2009 7:01 AM CST
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(Newser) – A YouTube channel that specialized in capturing Fox commentators' most outrageous moments has been shut down after copyright complaints from the channel. News1News was the favorite choice of plenty of left-leaning blogs and news sources seeking to poke fun at Fox, notes Gawker, which has been left with plenty of blank spaces where embedded videos used to be.

Fox has, of course, every right to make copyright claims on material that belongs to it, Gawker writes. Its sudden interest in the issue, though, certainly looks like "a politically motivated move by Fox to hinder the liberal blogosphere's ability to make fun of them," given that plenty of conservative-friendly YouTube channels are still showing Fox clips unhindered.

This message now appears where YouTube clips were once embedded in many left-leaning blogs and news outlets.
This message now appears where YouTube clips were once embedded in many left-leaning blogs and news outlets.   (YouTube)
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COMMENTS
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rkossik
Nov 13, 2009 8:03 AM CST
YouTube has a populist image, but it is actually is a tool for corporations to control user-generated content.
BlueAyez
Nov 13, 2009 7:49 AM CST
Guess catching Glenn Beck with the Vicks kinda ticked them off.
IndependentThinker
Nov 13, 2009 3:33 AM CST
There they go again. FOX will do anything to silence to true majority in America. They are pretend Americans. They are really fascists who do everything they can to cover truth. You can not lie to the US any more. Thank the Elites for FOX. It is Anti-American. -- Now that is accurate DLY.

 
blogosphere • YouTube • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • copyright infringement

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