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Rob Ford's new YouTube series set to launch Mondayhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-s-new-youtube-series-set-to-launch-monday-1.2529935
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Like his other broadcast programs, the YouTube endeavour will give Ford a chance to sound off on city hall issues and will also let him hammer home campaign themes as he ramps up his fall re-election bid.
Even before his official debut, Rob Ford has already become something of a star on the massively popular video-sharing site, where a search for his name yields tens of thousands of videos.
That number is sure to be bolstered in the wake of Ford's new show due to YouTube's fiesty and at-times derisive culture, where users offer up their own takes in recorded responses that can run the gamut from exhaustive criticism to unbridled praise.
A video channel dedicated solely to countering the new Ford show has already sprung up, lambasting its 30-second teaser with more than three minutes of clips of Ford scandals and controversial statements dating back to his time as a city councillor.
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"Rob Ford's new YouTube series set to launch Monday" (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2014
OP
He's addicted to the world media's interest. This will not end well. You cannot
applegrove
Feb 2014
#1
applegrove
(118,900 posts)1. He's addicted to the world media's interest. This will not end well. You cannot
fix one addiction, alcohol, while jumping into another.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)3. "This will not end well." You are 100% correct. nt
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)2. I can't wait.