YouTube For Debaters
July 23, 2007 on 1:02 pm | In Main, Media, Race for Prez |
Ever wanted to ask a presidential candidate a question to his/her face? A relative handful of people will do that tonight — almost — during the CNN-YouTube Democratic candidates debate in Charleston, S.C, at 7 p.m. Click here for the Charleston paper’s preview.
Questioners have posted more than 2,000 video questions on YouTube. Some will be selected (click here to find out how) and shown to the candidates. On Scarborough this morning, Joe Klein said early word was that most of the queries were touch-feely and personal (e.g. “What are you going to do for my father’s Alzheimer’s?”) rather than focusing on the big and serious policy questions facing this nation.
And if the example questions on the YouTube promotional video above are any indication, we could be in for a long night. Could it be the YouTube generation is also the Me Generation? I hope not. If I can free myself up from family obligations, I’ll do some live blogging on the debate tonight.
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Just have to weigh in and say that I’ve reluctantly been watching the YouTube Q & A on CNN, and have been pleasantly surprised to find it the liveliest and most open forum so far - Good, well-stated questions over a wide and serious range of issues. Maybe YouTube is the best equalizer: anyone can ask a question, and many different kinds of citizens have offered their opinions and asked their questions in very creative ways, keeping the candidates on their toes.
Comment by Janet Manko — July 23, 2007 #