Youtube For President
Can you believe that the public-at-large was able to ask questions to our presidential hopefuls? Yes, it happened with “Youtube”!
Democratic Presidential hopefuls were in South Carolina today for a first of it’s kind debate format! CNN put together a multimedia debate where the questions to the presidential hopefuls, came from people who submitted videos to Youtube! Anderson Cooper kept it all together as the moderator of the Youtube debate!
The video questions from the people to the candidates were preselected issues by CNN in order to keep some continuity! The Democratic candidates seem to be a bit reserved at first, but then followed Hillary Clinton’s and Barak Obama’s lead who seemed like multimedia pros, began to loosen up and get serious with “the tube”!
Hat’s off to CNN and Anderson Cooper for trying something as risky as a multimedia debate! It worked! As technology and the internet continue to blossom, there should be more, somewhat direct interaction with candidates and other political figures, with the people who elects them!
Could this be the start of a “true democracy” where the issues of the people, are addressed by the people seeking their representation? Youtube is here to stay and can only get better!
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