MSNBC.com becomes the first news site to allow users to clip a particular part of video and post it on a blog or Web site.

The Wall Street Journal reports, the new feature to msnbc.com’s video player, which launches today, also makes it easier to find specific portions of videos.

Akin to using the “find” function on a text document, the MSNBC.com video player will let viewers scan the transcript of a video to locate a specific passage. The user can then highlight the text on the transcript and the player will automatically play that portion of the video. Viewers can clip that snippet of video and transfer it to a separate blog or Web site.

Charlie Tillinghast, msnbc.com’s president and publisher tells WSJ, users “want to pick the most interesting pieces. It allows users to dig into primary source material like a reporter would.”

> Click the image below to be taken to msnbc.com’s special Inauguration site to learn more about clipping…