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To vote for Mr. Obama, click here

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

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And now Hillary Clinton has joined the club, with her own video clip posted on her website — on a Saturday morning. And it’s interesting to see how often she uses the theme of having a “conversation” with the American public%2 ... Continue reading »

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Stephane Rodriguez
2 years ago

It's the same in France, with the presidential elections heating up. After a couple weeks or so, it is obvious that candidates are re-creating TV channels, i.e. one-way, and using it to just touch a segment of people out there.
Ironically enough, most relevant voters are not those likely to enjoy a DSL line and so all those videos are irrelevant for the most part.
At least in France we still do vote with paper, perhaps the last time before EU-force-fed legislation forces us to use the folkloric e-voting machines.

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Mathew Ingram
2 years ago

Thanks for the comment, Stephane. It's interesting to hear a bit about what's going on outside of North America too, something we don't pay as much attention to as we probably should.

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Seth Finkelstein
2 years ago

"And then there’s Senator John Edwards making his pitch using Rocketboom, and having Poptech video-blogger Robert Scoble tag along on his airplane."

RE-INTERMEDIATION!

Instead of having a Fourth Estate intermediary, have a flack as a intermediary-marketer.

It's very revealing who thinks this is the greatest thing ever.

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Mathew Ingram
2 years ago

That's a fair point, Seth.

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Rob Hyndman
2 years ago

Social media already feels warmed over and tired in the campaign world.

And they are definitely not pitching Clinton well with the launch - honestly, a "conversation"? The last thing she's credited with is the human warmth to enjoy a conversation with the average person, and she isn't going to convince anyone to contrary with campaign spin.

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