Posted on 10/11/2006 7:58:21 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
YouTube Censors Conservatives
The hugely popular video sharing Web site YouTube has allowed liberals to "censor” a Republican political ad depicting a prominent Democrat, according to the Media Research Center.
The spoof political ad was created by Republican filmmaker David Zucker, producer of "Airplane" and other movies. It depicts former secretary of state Madeline Albright, a Democrat who served in the Clinton administration, acting as a maid, servant and cheerleader for Islamic terrorists and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
Democratic viewers of YouTube used the site's software to "flag" the video as "inappropriate," a designation usually reserved for extremely violent or sexually explicit video clips – even though there is nothing even remotely sexual or violent in the clip.
Internet users who tried to watch it on YouTube – which was recently purchased by Google – were greeted with the message: "This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community. To view this video, please verify you are 18 or older by logging in or signing up.”
According to the NewsBusters site of the Media Research Center, which seeks to combat liberal bias in the media: "This isn't the first time YouTube's editorial buzzsaw has dismembered conservative and politically incorrect speech. The site has repeatedly pulled videos critical of Islam, and even gone so far as banning popular conservative blogger Michelle Malkin from posting videos.
"No similarly high-profile liberal or anti-Christian censorship has been reported . . .
"Almost certainly what happened with the Zucker ad is that liberal users complained it was ‘offensive’ and managed to get the clip censored automatically.”
I saw the clip, it's hysterical.
Actually it was liberals who did the censoring by flagging the video.
Hahahahahahaha....Just gatta love the so called "Free Speech" party. I'm just waiting for the aclu to jump in there and help out.
hahahahahaha
I saw it on the net and, it was on t.v. "Good Morning LA" so it is getting around.
One thing. Only governments can censor - private industry has the freedom to show what it wants. Don't confuse the two.
The whiney commie lib champions of free speach strike again! Just wait until they try to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine".
Users flag it inappropriate and Newsmax claims "youtube censors conservatives". Pathetic.
Any other locations where it resides? I'm sure Mr Zucker has other copies.
As of now as I type it is at the below URL
http://www.youtube.com/v/7h3GPc_yMCE
Two can play that game, we should find some Michael Moore video on YouTube and just have all Freepers go ahead and flag it as offensive and see what YouTube does.
1. Liberals believe individuals should doubt their own truths and consider fairly and open-mindedly the truths of others.
2. Liberals believe individuals should be tolerant and respectful of difference.
3. Liberals believe individuals have a right and a responsibility to participate in public debate.
So there.
Is that in Bizarro world?
Dems do their best to crush dissent and open debate in the real world.
Funny post though.
People need to switch from Google to Ask.com or some other search engine that allows freedom of speach.
That's a good idea. It's political self defense.
A better description would be "youtube disenfranchises conservative viewpoint video."
Are you S$#TTING me the only time a liberal is fair minded is when you lay down and roll over to their line of thought.
Don't you have to be 18 to be a registered voter? So if kids cannot see the video it's OK because kids don't vote unless they are Democrats, and then they vote regardless of age or presence of vital signs.
Let them flag it.
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