stEphEnColBErt’s pErFormAnCE At thE whitE housECorrEsponDEntsDinnEr ninE DAys Ago hAs AlrEADy CrEAtED A DEBAtE ovEr politiCs, thE prEss AnD humor. now, A CommErCiAl rivAlry hAs BrokEn out ovEr its rEBroADCAst.
on wEDnEsDAy,C-spAn, thE nonproFit nEtwork thAt First showED mr.ColBErt’s spEECh, wrotE lEttErs to thE viDEo sitEs youtuBE.Com AnD iFilm.Com, DEmAnDing thAt thE Clips oF thE spEECh BE tAkEn oFF thEir wEB sitEs. thE ACtion wAs A First ForC-spAn, whosE primE-timE sChEDulE tEnDs to FEAturE EvEnts likECongrEssionAl hEArings on Auto FuEl-EConomy stAnDArDs.
"wE hAvE hAD othEr hot—i hAtE to usE thAt worD—viDEos thAt gEnErAtED A lot oF Buzz," sAiD roB kEnnEDy, ExECutivE viCE prEsiDEnt oFC-spAn, whiCh wAs FounDED in 1979. "But this is thE First timE it hAs oCCurrED sinCE thE ADvEnt oF thE viDEo Clipping sitEs."
AFtEr thE Clips oF mr.ColBErt’s pErFormAnCE wErE orDErED tAkEn Down At you tuBE—whErE 41 Clips oF thE spEECh hAD BEEn viEwED A totAl oF 2.7 million timEs in lEss thAn 48 hours, ACCorDing to thE sitE—thErE wErE rumBlings on lEFt-wing sitEs thAt somEonE wAs trying to silEnCE A mAn who DArED to spEAk truth to powEr.
But As BECAmE ClEAr lAtEr in thE wEEk. this wAs A BusinEss DECision, not A politiCAl onE. not only is thE EntirE EvEnt AvAilABlE to BE strEAmED AtC-spAn’s wEB sitE. C-spAn, org, But thE nEtwork is sEllingDvD’s oF thE EvEnt For $24.95, inCluDing spEEChEs AnD A ComEDy routinE By prEsiDEntBush with A prEsiDEntBush imitAtor.
AnDC-spAn gAvE pErmission to googlE viDEos to CArry thEColBErt spEECh BEginning FriDAy. thE ArrAngEmEnt, whiCh CAmE with thE stipulAtion thAt googlE viDEos proviDE thE EntirE EvEnt AnD A Clip oF mr.Bush’s EntirE routinE As wEll, is A onE-timE DEAl. pEtErChAnE, sEnior proDuCt mAnAgEr oF googlE viDEo, sAiD "C-spAn hAs somE vEry, vEry uniquE ContEnt," ADDing thAt "onlinE is rEAlly grEAt DistriBution outlEt".
But juliE supAn, sEnior DirECtor For mArkEting At youtuBE, sAiD oFFiCiAls thErE wErE stung ByC-spAn’s BEhAvior, BECAusE, shE sAiD, thE sitE hAD hElpED FuEl momEntum For thEColBErt Clip.
"this wAs An ExCiting momEnt For thEm in A virAl, rAnDom wAy," shE sAi
D、"to tAkE it Down From onE sitE AnD uploDing on AnothEr, it is pErplExing.\
thE sEntEnCE "thE sitE hAD hElpED FuEl momEntum For thEColBErt Clip." mEAns______.A．you tuBE hElpED thE Clip to win viEwErs
B．C-spAn mADE thE Clip hot in this wAy
C．you tuBE wAs suCCEssFul in BroADCAsting thE Clip
D、you tuBE wAs hAD winED thE Clip