# Did networks pay for the cell phone video of VT shooting

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**Created:** [April 27, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-networks-pay-for-the-cell-phone-video-of-vt-shooting/401839 "2007-04-27T06:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-networks-pay-for-the-cell-phone-video-of-vt-shooting/401839/1 "2007-04-27T06:12:53Z")

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That kid (Jamal Albarghouti) who shot the cell phone video at the time of the Virginia Tech shooting, did he get paid for that? Who owns it?

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-networks-pay-for-the-cell-phone-video-of-vt-shooting/401839/2 "2007-04-27T06:49:51Z")

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Yes, and CNN.

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> CNN reportedly received over 100 submissions of Virginia Tech content, but Albarghouti’s cell phone video, while understandably shaky, was the most compelling. CNN paid Albarghouti an undisclosed amount for exclusive control of his video.

]([http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story\_id=102000034S0C](http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=102000034S0C))