Will the upcoming CNN-YouTube debates be Hype or will it be Revolutionary?
“The first CNN-YouTube debate (the GOP meets in September) will be one of the highest-profile marriages of old and new media in the history of presidential politics and (surprise!) the culture clash is well underway.” Via MSNBC
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It’s both.
It’s not that politicians constantly get tossed softballs from reporters or from debate panelists. Candidates have scripted responses to everything. The war in Iraq, health care, tax policy, education, the economy, the environment. So we’re likely to get scripted answers here.
But it’s groundbreaking because it makes things a lot less orchestrated and makes the Q&A process more citizen oriented.