They captured remarks by the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to protesters in London, and recorded the violence at a rally that attracted tens of thousands in Rome, among other events.
And rumors were swirling that the recordings had captured racist remarks by some of the officers.
Many held their children on their shoulders and their cellphones aloft to capture Obama's remarks on video.
Few remarks capture the new spirit as well as a recent one by Gerhard Cromme, chief executive of Thyssen Krupp, Germany's biggest steel company.
His remarks capture a simple truth: Despite popular belief that happiness depends solely on you, the way to achieve it may not lie just within yourself, but in your relationships and interactions with others.
The remarks, captured on video, would easily have caused a national firestorm in the United States and elsewhere.
In Washington, Mullen's remarks captured — and fed — a vengeful mood and a rising sense of fatalism about Pakistan.
His remarks captured an emerging trend that opened the way to a large, lucrative business for I.B.M.
"This is really starting to piss me off," he said in remarks captured by a television camera.
Extra point Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady's wife, was critical of the Patriots' receivers in remarks captured immediately after the Super Bowl.
Mr. Ford began drawing attention for his aggressive remarks, captured in a handful of YouTube videos, more than a decade ago as a member of the Toronto City Council.
