Video taking off 62x its usual first day

Trump points to Fox coverage as Katie Zacharia exits press secretary job

Global News' Short has Trump calling her media treatment unfair, naming Hannity and Fox & Friends, while the bar-exam question goes largely unanswered.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 822,431 views a day, 62 times a normal first day on this channel (13,264).

Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary shortly after revealing she didn’t pass Bar exam

Which coverage was too rough for Katie Zacharia? Asked about her exit, Donald Trump names two places: her interview on Sean Hannity's show and the way "Fox & Friends" handled her. Neither is usually where a Republican White House expects its toughest questions.

Global News opens its Short with the departure itself. Zacharia started as press secretary on Monday, gave her first briefing on Tuesday and was out before the week ended. A White House official said she was "let go," while Fox News described her as "transitioning" out. The scrutiny centred on her law credentials: a Pepperdine law graduate, she said in a Fox News interview that she had not passed the bar exam.

A reporter asks Trump how much that weighed in the decision. He does not say. "Well, Katie's been treated very badly by the media," he begins, then recounts asking her, "Katie, is this for you?" He tells reporters he greeted her with "Welcome to the world of Trump," says "I'm going to let her make that decision," and adds that his advice was blunt: "Honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider."

The Short passed 330,000 views in its first seven hours, and its comment section filled more than seven times faster than on a usual first day. Viewers keep counting days, several reaching for Anthony Scaramucci's brief 2017 stint as a yardstick, and some ask whether the job needs a law degree at all.

A second Washington-adjacent Short also moved faster than usual: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asked whether Trump was making him a scapegoat, answers with a long pause and a grin.

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The facts

Channel: Global News
Subscribers: 4,920,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 13,032,461
Channel views, pace per day: 2,495,378 (on a normal day: 1,345,836)
Video published: October 16, 2026
Video views so far: 330,180 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 822,431

The numbers

A news Short usually has a modest first day on this channel; this one moved at a very different pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,264

this video

822,431

subscribers

4,920,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,545,500,950

views per day

2,495,378

typical day: 1,345,836

the video

views

330,180

likes

323

comments

236

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

5,250,000

5,190,000

5,030,000

4,920,000

4,770,000

4,690,000

As of October 17, 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.

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