US President Barack Obama’s appearance on the Between Two
Ferns satirical online talk show this week has reached 15 million views -
almost at Justin Bieber levels.
The website Funny or Die said that Mr Obama’s interview with
Zach Galifianakis, posted on Tuesday, will likely beat Bieber’s record of 17.8
million views for the show.
The pop singer’s appearance was posted in September.
The president’s appearance to persuade young people to sign
up for health insurance is a key moment for the internet, much like Franklin
Roosevelt’s fireside chats were for radio and the Kennedy-Nixon debate for
television, says Dick Glover, CEO of the comic website started by Will Ferrell.
“It truly validates that it is an incredibly valuable medium
for the president,” he said.
For his part, Mr Obama told Ryan Seacrest in an interview
that he figured he’d reached his target audience when his daughter Malia was
excited that he’d done the interview when he told her at the dinner table.
She had seen most of the Between Two Ferns posts, he said.
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