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Mathew Ingram — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:04:27 -0000

Maybe she's been terribly misunderstood all these years, and really just wants to have a chat :-)

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Rob Hyndman — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:44:22 -0000

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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Mathew Ingram — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:08:19 -0000

That's a fair point, Seth.

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Seth Finkelstein — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:33:51 -0000

"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 — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:55:02 -0000

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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Stephane Rodriguez — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:10:05 -0000

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.