Pentagon's execution livestream plan prompts backlash, CBC reports

The National's brief report drew an unusually large audience alongside its coverage of Alberta's separation referendum.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 106,994 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (9,514).

Pentagon’s plan to livestream execution sparks outrage

CBC News: The National is reporting on backlash facing U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over plans to livestream the execution of a former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people. The report has reached about 120,000 views, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for a Short.

The December execution would be the first carried out by a U.S. military firing squad since 1945, according to CBC's description. Its report focuses on the controversy over broadcasting it, rather than simply the announcement of an execution date.

The National also drew unusually large audiences for its Alberta referendum coverage. In an interview with Adrienne Arsenault, Premier Danielle Smith said that, as long as she remains premier, she would not pursue a second binding separation referendum if Albertans vote to stay in Canada. Separate Shorts about Hurricane Isaias and Donald Trump's Russian diesel deal also made strong starts. The execution livestream report appears in the full National broadcast alongside those stories.

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The numbers

The execution report drew more than ten times The National's usual first-day views for a Short. Its Alberta referendum coverage also reached well beyond the usual audience for that format.

the video's first day

usual first day here

9,514

this video

106,994

subscribers

2,200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,570,158,994

views per day

652,311

typical day: 686,599

the video

views

120,222

likes

396

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NowThis

2,230,000

BBC World Service

2,230,000

CBC News: The National

2,200,000

GBNews

2,190,000

Localish

2,180,000

AccuWeather

2,170,000

As of October 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.