Is Youtube the news network of the future? I noticed Reuters is now posting their news video there.
A little disturbing is the number of videos of the trainer death at Seaworld staying in the most watched. Should news edit out death or is news editing out death part of the problem?
Will this encourage people to do stupid things trying to make YouTube videos?
Yes. A lot of the major news outlets have been posting stories on YouTube. It’s a good way to get seen.
After I posted that, I browsed the “Newest” videos for a bit. One was a unicycle guy “jumped” onto the handrail of an escalator (looked like maybe a subway entrance) and smashed the glass, a crane delivering building supplies to a rooftop “accidentally” dropping its load onto a brand new car, and a horrific truck accident that clearly had fatalities….
All we need now is the lions and Coliseum