YouTube CNN Democratic Debate Reports

There are mixed reviews in today's news regarding yesterday's CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debates. Some have touted the events as groundbreaking and historic and others have called them more evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. The event was a mixing of old media (television) and new media (internet) in a format that had not been done previously in the area of presidential debates.

by Daria Belov

There are mixed reviews in today’s news regarding yesterday’s CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debates. Some have touted the events as groundbreaking and historic and others have called them more evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. The event was a mixing of old media (television) and new media (internet) in a format that had not been done previously in the area of presidential debates.

Some 3000 people created videos and submitted them to the video web site for inclusion in the debate. Most of the reports suggested that this resulted in more authentic questions being asked of Democratic presidential candidates. Some suggested that there was a lack in two-way discussion between those asking questions and the candidates in the debate. Out of the near 3000 videos submitted, a few more than 35 appeared in the broadcast.

YouTube is owned by Google and it is currently one of the most popular destinations on the Internet. While videos like “Chronics of Narnia” (a Saturday Night Live spoof that was pulled from the popular video web site) helped drive the viral popularity of the web site, we’ll undoubtedly see an increasing number of 2008 election centered video content appearing on sites like YouTube and others, as the election grows near.

It will be interesting to see how the chiropractic profession votes in 2008, not only in the presidential election, but in local and regional elections as well. The larger chiropractic organizations will likely endorse a presidential candidate and we can expect to see news of that nature appearing in chiropractic newsletters and e-mail groups around August of 2008. If I recall correctly, chiropractic organizations representing member chiropractors in the United States have traditionally endorsed Republican candidates. Will that be different in 2008?

The Planet Chiropractic website intends to cover a number of topics of interest to the chiropractic profession in regards to the 2008 presidential election. Contact us if you have suggestions or related topics you’d like to see appearing on the web site.