Sfgate posts controversial 49ers video with disclaimer
The San Francisco Chronicle Web site opted to publish portions of a controversial San Francisco 49ers training video with a disclaimer, and it was viewed more than 200,000 times in one day, Editor & Publisher reported.
"There were a lot of discussions about it in the newsroom, questions about its suitability," Editor Phil Bronstein told E&P about the decision to place it online. "The Web can have different standards not covered by the FCC."
You can view the detailed disclaimer and the video here.
The controversial video, which contains lesbian soft-core porn, ethnic slurs, and a mock gay wedding, was sent anonymously to Chronicle columnists Philip Matier and Andrew Ross, who wrote about the in-house video in Wednesday's paper. The same day, the video was placed on the paper's Web site, www.sfgate.com.The accompanying story drew more than 125,080 page views, according to editors, who said Wednesday was one of the Web site's busiest days ever.
Bronstein said the paper chose to provide the video -- in eight different segments -- on the Web so that readers could get a complete look at what it contained. "It is a little like a document," the editor explained. "The Web allows us to post documents when you don't have space [in the paper] and it was the equivalent of that. In this case, it was the video and it let people make up their own minds."
Those who seek to view the video segments, which are available free of charge, must first agree to a disclaimer that warns of sexually explicit material and offensive language. Bronstein said he sought the disclaimer, which was written with input from the paper's Web editor and attorney.
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