Youtube and Google are working with local politicians to have a presidential debate in September in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here's the announcement video:
Unfortunately, based on their past history, the "debate" will be like the CNN/Youtube "debates", featuring puffball after puffball which the candidates will simply answer with their stock speeches. And, whoever the moderators are won't call them on their lies or press for a followup.
Youtube is already telegraphing what they're going to do by featuring the superlightweight James Kotecki (now of The Politico), someone who wouldn't know a tough question if it fell on his head.
Not only that, but their example of a user-generated question is someone asking "do you think your personal qualities will allow you to be an effective president"?
What does anyone expect the answer to be, "no"?
If I were Youtube, I'd watch out: the questions they're going to allow to be asked might give Sergey Brin flashbacks to the Soviet Union.
Politics · Tue, 04/29/2008 - 08:58 · Importance: 1
can wae say criminals? and ray what happen to all the money?