Leave Britney Spears Alone! Another YouTube Phenomena

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Whilst on YouTube a couple of days ago, I discovered a very humorous yet at the same time slightly disturbing video by a man named Chris Crocker . Apparently the video is huge across the world with millions of viewings. The video is of Chris under what appears to be a bed sheet, hysterically crying over the media’s negative portrayal of his favourite pop star, Britney Spears. If you haven’t already seen this video, you must watch it, if not for comedy then for its sheer craziness. I actually believed that Chris was a Christina for the entire video as the openly gay man has a bleach blonde bob and a mascara stained face from crying…

What I find fascinating about this is that the video only lasts for 2 minutes and yet Chris became so popular with YouTube fans that he was actually given his own American TV show. The ability to broadcast yourself using YouTube meant that Chris’ (freakishly unhealthy) obsession with Britney Spears and his hatred for the press was exclaimed to more than 4 million viewers in only two days. This is just another example of how powerful social networking sites are becoming as well as their stars, the public.