User Generated Politics:CNN-YouTube Debates Tonight

Written by Josh Catone / July 23, 2007 11:53 AM

A number of bloggers and pundits think that the debate is more hype than substance, pointing to the sheering silliness of YouTube, and the fact that CNN will have a final say over which of the videos make it to air — prompting some to question whether the people really have much to do with the questions being asked in the end or if it will ultimately end up as more of the same.

In New-Media World, Everyone is Sounding Like a Beltway Insider

By Lee Gomes, 27 February 2008, The Wall Street Journal

“Anyone with the right browser bookmarks can be a political insider… the aformentioned sites generally see their mission as covering how the political and media elites are chronicling the election. But an entirely new crop of sites have sprung up to deal with the other extreme- how the campaign is playing out in the wild Web frontiers of YouTube, MySpace and the like.”