Rumber 2012 Jon Stewart, Bill O'reilly Debate: Live Stream Failure Causes Fans To Find Free Alternate Video Services
The Rumble 2012 featuring Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly's debate was a live streaming failure on Saturday Oct. 6, 2012. Many listeners who paid the $4.95 fee tried to participate via live stream video were met with an error message on therumble2012.com official website during the debate.
Users were frustrated and tweeted the following response.
@slackmistress - @therumble2012 It's not on because most of us can't access it because your servers aren't prepared for the load. Just FYI.
@ROOTSINTHEBOOT - @therumble2012 just getting a spinning wheel. paid. what am i supposed to do next? if you click "watch" just get spinning wheel
@poploser - @therumble2012 Your website is broken.
Some listeners found alternate ways to listen without paying the fee.
"So, I'm stealing #therumble2012 because their site imploded. Piracy certainly greases the wheels of culture," a frustrated user tweeted.
The Rumble 2012 finally tweeted a message to explain the error.
"Due 2 overwhelming demand, our servers have been overloaded. We apologize for any inconvenience and we're working to resolve the issue," The Rumble 2012 posted on Twitter.
"If you missed any of the debate, it will be available on-demand shortly after" is the last message posted on their Twitter account.