Comments on: Using YouTube To Keep Them Honest?

By: Plastic news, Internet and the political discourse

Plastic news, Internet and the political discourse — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:16:50 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee’s Craig Rubens writes. His concerns are well grounded, as a published video on YouTube is not a guarantee for an actual confrontation of responsible politicians. In this case, it is still the news-reporter on television who controls questions and receives answers. [...]

By: Brian R

Brian R — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:24:19 +0000

I do believe that Youtube is great for democracy as you do, but why don’t you post Al Gore’s video on Youtube titled “Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq’s ties to terrorism” at http://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

If you think The VP’s interview was a Gotcha, take a look at Gore’s Gotcha!

By: Brian - Alive in Baghdad, etc

Brian - Alive in Baghdad, etc — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:47:41 +0000

The problem is not in our content, dear Rubens, but ourselves. This video could be part of a larger, more meaningful discussion of the geo-politics of the two Bush administrations. Instead, it will likely be reduced to remain an 82-second self-contained meme of political indignation. This clip isn't interesting. Why not? Because anyone who was following Cheney's steps, missteps, and misstatements, already knew he said this 13 years ago. It's out there. That is not the problem. It doesn't need to be in video and on YouTube to exist. The problem is that the big media is not asking the hard questions and, as you pointed out, the new media is not effectively distributing the hard questions. Nor, as I pointed out,/a> in relation to this recent Buzz Machine post, are we using blogs and web 2.0 to self-educate, rather they are simply echo-chambers for "self-contained meme[s] of political indignation."

By: FORA.tv And YouTube As Political Weapons » Web TV Wire

FORA.tv And YouTube As Political Weapons » Web TV Wire — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:42:50 +0000

[...] YouTube become a political weapon of the people? That’s what an article on NewTeeVee suggests with some compelling [...]

By: Charles Iliya Krempeaux

Charles Iliya Krempeaux — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:02:46 +0000