New Presidential Debate Site? Clearly, YouTube
The quadrennial ritual of presidential debates has long followed a tried-and-true format. A guy in a suit asks mostly predictable questions of other suits. The voter is a fixture in the audience, motionless until he or she gets to address the candidate briefly and respectfully. Everything is choreographed. Now imagine a kid in jeans and a T-shirt asking a question, less reverentially, more pointedly and using powerful visual images to underscore the point. The presidential debates are about to enter the world of YouTube, the anything-goes, home-video-sharing web site that puts the power in the hands of the camera holder.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061507I.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061507I.shtml
rudkla - 15. Jun, 23:18
