Clips Like Natalie Morales' Mispronunciation Of "Annals" Are "Why YouTube Was Created"...

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No, seriously: Clips like this are why YouTube was created. According to YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim,* he was inspired to start YouTube after reading about how the clip of Jon Stewart on Crossfire clip Wired flew around the internet in an article in Wired. The piece, "The Bittorrent Effect" by Clive Thompson, who described how the clip reached approximately 2.5 million people, three times as many as the regular CNN viewing audience. Wrote Thompson, then: "The whole concept of must-see TV changes from being something you stop and watch every Thursday to something you gotta check out right now, dude. Just click here."

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