Dogfight Over Videos of White House Dog

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As the holiday season looms, Web publishers led by the Washington Post are battling the White House over, of all things, a video of a dog.

This is no laughing matter. At stake are Webcasting rights to video clips of Barney, the first pooch, and his antics around 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The White House has so far denied requests from online publishers seeking copies of the third annual Barney holiday video, insisting on hosting the video exclusively on its own Web site while at the same time freely granting broadcast rights to TV networks.

That's got some online publishers, including the Post, up in arms over a legally dubious double-standard and potential lost advertising revenue. Last year's Barney video drew 24 million viewers to the White House Web site, a White House spokesman said--about the same number of people who visited political sites in the final month of the presidential race. Now plans for a new video promise to renew the tug-of-war over the taxpayer-funded project.

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[StClone]

1. I love Dogs

But do not care for the new "Checkers."

[damntexdem]

2. Hey, that's not fair!

Barny's the only current occupant of the WH who's worth watching.

[LisaL]

3. Barney is an Evil dog.

I am pretty sure that innocent looking canine got Bush millions of votes.
:silly:

[zann725]

4. Do they allow dogs in prison?

n/t :think: