SilverWook said:

Yeah, but if they don't know it's film when they're looking right at it. *sigh*

But if they're looking at it on Youtube, it is video (it's an electronic capture of the original film).

Don't get me wrong, I share your OCD tendencies about people using the wrong words (especially those who confuse "cement" with "concrete"), I'm just saying I can understand why there is confusion in this case.

Anyway...

I remember the Challenger disaster, news broke here in the UK just hours after the event. Contrast with the Chernobyl disaster that happened the same year, where we slowly received information and reports bit by bit over the following days.