QubeTV

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This article is about the video-sharing website. For the early cable television system, see QUBE.

QubeTV is a conservative-biased alternative to YouTube. [1] The site was founded by former Ronald Reagan aides Charlie Gerow and Jeff Lord as a response to what is perceived to be a liberal bias on the part of YouTube. Cited among other claims of the liberal bias of YouTube is the censorship of a video by right-wing personality Michelle Malkin about US immigration which was taken down by YouTube administrators.[2] The Malkin video now has a prominent position on the frontpage of QubeTV and is described as "Banned by YouTube".[3] The site has been compared to Conservapedia, a Christian conservative alternative to Wikipedia because, among other reasons, they both criticize a perceived bias and counter it with an explicit bias[4].

Stand-up comedian Lewis Black has mused on the subject of QubeTV during one of his appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In particular, he has pointed out that a large number of the videos on the website are in fact links to YouTube, stating that "the conservative alternative to YouTube is YouTube."

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  1. ^ Pfeiffer, Eric. "QubeTV set as YouTube alternative", Washington Times, 2007-05-02. Retrieved on 2007-05-04. (English) 
  2. ^ Parker, Jennifer. "Banned From YouTube?", ABC News, 2007-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. (English) 
  3. ^ QubeTV. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  4. ^ Kessinger, Taylor. "Martyrdom: The Right's secret weapon", Arizona Wildcat, 2007-04-20. Retrieved on 2007-05-04. (English) 

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