YouTube deletes video of McCain singing 'Bomb Iran' http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6178173.html
Video-sharing site yanks, then restores, video of Republican presidential contender drawing laughs when crooning about Iran. By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: April 20, 2007, 6:19 PM PDT YouTube confirmed Friday that it had erroneously deleted and would restore a video of presidential candidate John McCain singing an impromptu ditty about starting a war with Iran. The Arizona senator joked about attacking the sovereign nation during a campaign stop in South Carolina this week, singing, to the tune of the Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann": "That old, that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway." According to a video recorded by what appears to be a camera phone held by someone at the back of the room, the audience laughed at McCain's rendition of the classic song (the video was restored in the last several hours and can be seen here). But the clip was deleted by YouTube, which is owned by Google. A spokesman for YouTube, who asked that his name not appear in this article, said, "We appreciate the prompt feedback from our community regarding the McCain video. It was flagged by our users, we reviewed it and it was mistakenly removed. We have examined the situation and have since reinstated the video." The spokesman refused to answer any other questions, such as when, exactly, the video was deleted or what procedures are in place to ensure that political candidates don't use YouTube's complaint procedure to squelch critics. The popular video-sharing site permits users to flag videos as "inappropriate."... http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6178173.html And if you'd like to hear Code Pink's "sing back" of "Don't Bomb Iran", see: Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Washington Goes Pink: Peace Group CODEPINK Makes Its Presence Known on Capitol Hill http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/26/1355248 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
