The Daily Show, as expected, delivered the definitive analysis of the CNN/YouTube debate. You have got to see it. Check it out here.
Oh yeah, you can't check it out there. Because even though CNN has agreed to a creative commons license for the debates and YouTube is, duh, open to the public, Viacom won't let us see clips from the Daily Show on YouTube...even if it is a piece about the debates on CNN and YouTube.
I agree... they put it up for free on their own site, but not on YouTube. Seems silly. But even putting it on their own site is problematic. There is no direct link to any specific video. You have to hunt through all the clips to find the one you want and they don't keep them up forever.
Alan Rosenblatt
AKA DrDigiPol (drdigipol.com)
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What I don't understand is that Daily Show videos, each and every episode, are available for free on their website, including the YouTube debate analysis here.
They keep toying with showing advertisements between clips but at the moment they don't have any, though there are a couple click ads in the margins. Why not at least release a few on YouTube to generate interest and direct people to the website?