http://newteevee.com/2006/12/28/msm-ignores-edwards-youtube-debut/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://newteevee.com/2006/12/28/msm-ignores-edwards-youtube-debut/#comment-332 Mark Day Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:47:24 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/msm-ignores-edwards-youtube-debut/#comment-332 <p>This may be video heresy, but what I expected (and, it seems, what a lot of videobloggers might have hoped for) was coverage that declared Edwards "The videoblogging Presidential Candidate" (or, more likely, "the YouTube Candidate"). In the long run, one would have to hope that the most interesting thing about Edwards is <em>not</em> that he happens to have a YouTube account. The mainstream media might have don Edwards a favour in the long run by glossing over his onlin ambitions, noble as they are…</p> This may be video heresy, but what I expected (and, it seems, what a lot of videobloggers might have hoped for) was coverage that declared Edwards “The videoblogging Presidential Candidate” (or, more likely, “the YouTube Candidate”). In the long run, one would have to hope that the most interesting thing about Edwards is not that he happens to have a YouTube account. The mainstream media might have don Edwards a favour in the long run by glossing over his onlin ambitions, noble as they are…

]]> http://newteevee.com/2006/12/28/msm-ignores-edwards-youtube-debut/#comment-331 Angela Calman Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:57:10 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/msm-ignores-edwards-youtube-debut/#comment-331 <p>Dan Balz from Washington Post posted an update to the story last night on washingtonpost.com and it actually made A-1 of the paper today. FINALLY! But I've seen little else. Given that the Post just lost two of its biggest political stars to the web…(Vandehyde and Harris to Politico.com,) I would think that they are very sensitive right now to getting things "right" with the online community.</p> Dan Balz from Washington Post posted an update to the story last night on washingtonpost.com and it actually made A-1 of the paper today. FINALLY! But I’ve seen little else. Given that the Post just lost two of its biggest political stars to the web…(Vandehyde and Harris to Politico.com,) I would think that they are very sensitive right now to getting things “right” with the online community.

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