Do you have a bunch of old VHS tapes of TV recordings from the ’80s that you keep meaning to throw away? Don’t. You never know when they might come in handy:
UPDATE: This clip was removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim from “Splash News,” which appears to be a paparazzi agency. Of course, pirated clips abound.
With success, John McCain’s campaign is stepping up production of visceral attack ads against Barack Obama. History has a sense of irony, I guess (below, the iconic “Daisy” ad run in 1964 against another Arizona Republican Senator running for president, Barry Goldwater):
In terms of online video strategy, the current candidates could not be more different: while McCain produces mostly attack ads, Obama launches mostly speeches, interviews and vlogs. Which strategy works? On an individual video basis, McCain currently leads with 62,378 average views per video, compared with 51,515 for Obama. Obama leads overall, however, largely because he launches far more videos (1,299 total, compared to McCain’s decidedly humbler 269).
UPDATE (9/19): John McCain launched six attack ads in the past 24 hours (although one was removed due to a copyright claim by Fox, McCain’s third infringing clip in as many months). As noted, this rapid pace is rare for McCain, whose campaign has only launched six or more videos in one day twice in 2008. Here is the most incendiary of the recent additions:
Daily viewership numbers, for reference:
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Sphere: Related ContentThe original John McCain “Lipstick” ad was pulled from YouTube today due to a copyright claim from CBS. In any case, here is a “fair use” version (while it lasts), along with Barack Obama’s response:
