Can we not have our pie and eat it too?

The video of Times columnist Thomas Friedman getting pied at Brown University has been pulled from YouTube, leading conspiracy theorists (like the girl who threw the pie) to believe Friedman controls the media. Well he is Jewish.

Video of the pie throwing incident was posted on YouTube, and received close to 70,000 views in 36 hours, making it one of the most popular videos on the site. Without notice, YouTube abruptly censored the video, removing it from the website. Hundreds of news outlets, blogs, and websites had linked to the video. The Greenwash Guerillas have reposted the clip at: www.GreenwashGuerrillas.org

"Given the many other pieings on YouTube(1), the removal of the video can only be understood as an act of political censorship," said [pie thrower Margaree] Little. "One has to wonder whether Friedman, a billionaire with a lot of connections, has more influence than “you” on YouTube."

[Photo: Huffington Post]