“Thousands of viewers logged on to WorldStarHipHop.com to be entertained by the sight of three thugs beating the tar out of a passenger aboard the L train in Brooklyn.”
If some one uploaded a video to LiveLeak or GoogTube showing the intended victim pulling a Bernie Goetz on the thugs you would see hundreds of thousands views of the video. Remember Epic Bearded Man who beat the diverse punk on the bus in SoCal? That video generated over a million views.
Epic Bearded Man video Mortal Combat style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3LK1CChb08