{"id":1199975,"date":"2022-01-08T14:19:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199975"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:20:02","slug":"youtube-takes-down-music-video-critical-of-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-takes-down-music-video-critical-of-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Takes Down Music Video Critical Of Biden Afghanistan Withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoutube-takes-down-music-video-critical-of-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>YouTube took down a popular music video criticizing the Biden administration for it\u2019s disastrous handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-brags-hed-be-willing-to-lose-presidency-over-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal\">Afghanistan withdrawal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4TUAYg0UCw\">Blood on My Hands<\/a>,\u201d released by singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, was taken down Friday over violations of YouTube\u2019s \u201cgraphic content policy.\u201d \u201cI have just received notification that @YouTube has taken down the Blood on My Hands \u2013 White House Docu-Music video,\u201d Ondrasik tweeted Friday in response to the video being taken down. The video contains several images from news reports showing individuals allegedly wounded or killed by Taliban forces in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Ondrasik also included a long-form statement in the tweet. \u201cBefore posting, I placed a \u2018Graphic Warning\u2019 Disclaimer at the front of the video to let the audience know that the content would not be suitable for younger audiences due to images of Taliban atrocities,\u201d Ondrasik wrote. \u201cYouTube reviewed the video and inserted a child content restriction which I appreciated and found appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video has since gone viral with over 250,000 digital video hits and is resonating, particularly with Veterans and Afghans worldwide. Today (5 days later) Youtube has taken down the video due to a violation of \u2018Graphic Content Policy,&#8217;\u201d Ondrasic added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo not show said Taliban atrocities in any artistic statement on Afghanistan would be a gross injustice to the victims and enable the Taliban\u2019s ongoing persecution of 40 million Afghan citizens,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat YouTube took down the video after 5 days, as it was growing in reach, should concern anyone who values free speech and advocacy for humanitarian causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, the fact that within 5 minutes, I found many YouTube videos containing similar Taliban atrocities,&nbsp;<em>that YouTube is monetizing,&nbsp;<\/em>gives me cause to ask YouTube for an explanation. Better, I would ask then to repost the video that is raising money for the private organizations rescuing high risk Afghans, Veteran\u2019s wellness charities, and Afghan refugee foundations, while bringing attention to a population that is starving, desperate, and under seige,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have just received notification that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YouTube<\/a> has taken down the Blood on My Hands \u2013 White House Docu-Music video. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIFy13ftE4\">pic.twitter.com\/SIFy13ftE4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnondrasik\/status\/1479524323182276610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Youtube has since responded to Ondrasik\u2019s tweet. \u201cFollowing up: this was our mistake &amp; we\u2019ve reinstated your video. So sorry this happened and thanks for being patient while we worked this out. \u201cFollowing up: this was our mistake &amp; we\u2019ve reinstated your video. So sorry this happened and thanks for being patient while we worked this out,\u201d YouTube tweeted to Ondrasik in response.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Following up: this was our mistake &amp; we\u2019ve reinstated your video. So sorry this happened and thanks for being patient while we worked this out. \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamYouTube\/status\/1479600455034359808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of the publishing of this article, the video has been reinstated, with the age restriction.<\/p>\n<p>Ondrasik, who is also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, is a Grammy-nominated singer who is best known for the pop ballads \u201cSuperman\u201d and \u201c100 Years.\u201d Both songs were Billboard Top 40 hits in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/fiveforfighting.com\/2021\/09\/13\/new-song-blood-on-my-hands\/\">website<\/a>, Ondrasik explained the inspiration for writing the song:<\/p>\n<p><em>Like all Americans, I was stunned and horrified at the images of falling bodies from planes, mothers handing babies over walls, and terrified Afghans being crushed to death at checkpoints due to our precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. I am deeply troubled by the plight of Afghan women forced to live under the return of Taliban rule and felt great sadness when reading a story about a popular folk singer, Fawad Andarabi, being dragged from his home and shot by the Taliban\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the day 13 of our soldiers and over 60 Afghans were killed by a suicide bomber I sat down to write this song. After our last solider left Afghanistan, I received a call from a friend organizing rescue evacs of \u201cAM-CITS\u201d and SIV holders. It was a highly emotional call and moment of clarity. Private citizens now had the burden of risking their lives to rescue Americans and Afghan allies that our government left behind. America has broken her promise, but these brave Americans have not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>America was built on the foundational freedom to criticize one\u2019s leaders and hold them accountable.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is what separates us from our communist and dictatorship adversaries. How else can we as a nation learn from our mistakes and make better decisions moving forward without honest reflection on our actions? To date, I have not seen that accountability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube took down a popular music video criticizing the Biden administration for it\u2019s disastrous handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The video for \u201cBlood on My Hands,\u201d released by singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, was taken down Friday over violations of YouTube\u2019s \u201cgraphic content policy.\u201d \u201cI have just received notification that @YouTube has taken down the Blood on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}