Why are people focusing on the 'blackout' angle instead of talking about the content of the interview?
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US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview
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#202I just googled `ard snowden interview` and all the first page of results, youtube, vimeo, etc., are all inaccessible as video is not available. I think I just had a North Korean moment.
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
This should really be the top comment. For anyone that thinks there is actually a problem here, what could the motivation or mechanism behind this "blackout" possibly be? Significant parts of the US media have been reporting pretty well on Snowden for a long time now.
If the interview casts Snowden in a positive light then the government would probably be unhappy to have it highlighted in the media. The government uses implicit threats of retaliation as deterrence.
Source / Proof?
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#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
Blatantly false. A 5 second search turned up the following: CNN covered the story here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/world/europe/russia-snowden/ . ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/german-tv-snowden... CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/snowden-nsa-conducts-industrial-... Fox News (AP): http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/26/german-tv-snowden-sa... . And see this link (German) for the explanation…
Clips would be fair use and it's hard to imagine that the cost is prohibitive for major US outlets. That said I don't the interview in its entirety conforms with the style of content shown on US networks.
Well since you decided the cost is not possibly prohibitive a media outlet should definitely cover it...
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#205Earlier quoted context omitted.
I worked in the media for umpteen years in the past. Anyone who thinks the US press colluded with the government to black out anything is flat out crazy.
Sure you did. Keep on telling that to yourself buddy. Meanwhile we'll stick to reality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
That worked out well for them didn't it? Ever hear of Watergate? And, in this day and age, when media scours the 'net for stories to tell, you honestly think not one news organization anywhere picked up on the video? Everyone ignored it? (As already shown, this story about a coverup is false.)
And you think I'm the one that doesn't know what he's talking about?
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#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Blackout" implies a direct or implicit threat of violence by the government against the media, and the media either willingly or unwillingly complying to censor something they would otherwise cover. The American media is in the business of selling time to advertisers, not necessarily informing the public. Duck Dynasty is more popular than Edward Snowden and that particular story was incredibly sensational, so it get…
Controversy sells. Also, crazy paranoid ravings are a time honored entertainment tradition. I don't buy for a second that Snowden's interview is being avoided because it's not newsworthy enough. In any case, since when did youtube exert editorial control to bar un-entertaining videos? This looks like real self-censorship: it's not newsworthy enough to be worth alienating people that you might want to have as your fri…
I don't think the Snowden story is that controversial anymore.
>As to the video itself, is it possible ARD simply has a copyright claim it wishes to enforce?
Maybe? Affiliates certainly aren't going to pay money for it, they'll just take whatever feeds their parent station sends them, and if the parents aren't willing to pay for it then it doesn't get covered in depth.
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
I worked in the media for umpteen years in the past. Anyone who thinks the US press colluded with the government to black out anything is flat out crazy.
They don't have to be in cahoots to black it out. The truth is far simpler: the advertisers and the majority of the staff don't like pro-snowden stories.
As shown in the comments here, this "blackout" is false and has been reported.
btw, what is your source for "the majority of the staff don't like pro-snowden stories."?
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#208Try searching CNN for "Snowden Interview" and there is NO mention of it. Same with MSNBC's search - nothing about this interview in the results. Also, scroll down to user "Nostromo's" counter (claiming the media did cover the story) w/links and then my reply. This kind of blatant dereliction of duty in US journalism (IMHO) presages the governments' plans for controlling the (M)essage on websites. One can only assume…
MSNBC were interviewing a US politician (congress woman) about the Snowden leaks and about NSA reform. They interrupted that interview for some important breaking news. Justin Bieber had been arrested for drag racing his car. http://youtu.be/GH68bSJXGE8
The Congresswoman is Jane Harman. Ironically, she was wiretapped by the NSA in the early 2000's for allegedly trading lobbying favors with an agent of Israel, and she pissed and moaned about the NSA "violating her privacy." The Bush DOJ abruptly cancelled the investigation and the event got memory-holed by the media, and now she's a vigorous defender of NSA spying.
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#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
Call it lackluster coverage like someone else in the comments. Calling it a blackout is hyperbolic and wrong.
"Lackluster coverage" is just another word for blackout. It's not like what's important makes the news -- or that media are free to play whatever they like.
Actually media blackout isn't another word for lackluster coverage.
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#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any reason why it's not in YouTube? Copyright takedowns don't usually work that fast, if ever. Also any reason why it wasn't bought and uploaded to other major american media outlets? If it was an "acceptable" political story, it would be all over, not merely on archive.org.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x38jkFlPeg
Not available in my country (Spain)