In a world where visual information is beating out written, CNN is publishing primary sources of news directly to YouTube.
On top of posting clips taken directly from the station’s many shows, CNN often posts videos of original news sources, (clips of actual events without a reporter digesting the information for the audience), to YouTube.
One example is the recent Larry Nassar trial, where a distraught father attempted to attack Nassar in the courtroom. The incident was caught on video, and uploaded to YouTube by a variety of news outlets, including CNN.
The video uploaded by CNN went viral, reaching YouTube’s trending video’s page.
Many internet viewers do not want the hassle of watching a 30 minute long television program in order to get their news. Information in its most digestible format is the preferred method of the internet.
And what is more digestible than a direct link to the source.
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