Friday, October 06, 2006

Jihad/Google takes over YouTube

Some interesting news from the Wall Street Journal this morning...

Google Is in Talks to Buy YouTube

Google Inc. is in talks to acquire online video site YouTube Inc. for roughly $1.6 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The discussions are still at a sensitive stage and could well break off, this person says.


Even more interesting news is how YouTube has handled political videos. Seems as though pro-jihad movies are allowed but anti-jihad movies are getting banned. Here's more from Michelle Malkin...



If you've had an anti-jihad video pulled from YouTube, feel free to sport the badge on your site (thanks to AllahPundit).

I like the Jawa Report's take on a new YouTube logo, too (credit Ragnar). Welcome to AllahTube:




That one's very appropriate given today's piece in the NYTimes on the proliferation of jihadi propaganda on YouTube--at the same time anti-jihad videos are being yanked and conservative videos flagged as "inappropriate." While YouTube has removed a few of the terrorist videos from its site, many more remain:

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