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YouTube Pulls Romney Ad With Obama Singing Al Green, Ignores Videos of President Singing Same Song

article source: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/07/16/youtube-pulls-romney-ad-obama-singing-al-green-ignored-videos-preside

By Noel Sheppard | July 16, 2012

Matt Lewis over at the Daily Caller just reported that a Romney campaign adfeaturing President Obama singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" has been pulled by YouTube for copyright reasons.  Oddly enough, videos like this one from the Associated Press of Obama singing the same song on January 20 are still available at YouTube:

Yet a Romney ad containing Obama singing this same song on the same day at the exact same event has been pulled:

In fact, there's practically a deluge of "Obama sings Al Green" videos functioning just fine at YouTube.  Why is the one used by the Romney campaign being singled out for copyright reasons?

About the Author: Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.   Click here to follow Noel Sheppard on Twitter.

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