This election keeps getting more entertaining. With Super Tuesday (2) upon us Rob Reiner has teamed up with Jack Nicholson for an unauthorized online video endorsement of Hillary Clinton.
Already rebuttals are springing up, Andrew Sullivan notes, “Even celebrities don’t get the last word any more.”
» Read the rest of this entry ...This wasn’t even an online video story, except that MSNBC does a great job of making clips of stories, particularly their news shows, available.
I was catching up on my Sunday morning roundtable shows before the Oscars, and had to hear this??
I just watched the clip and decided to embed it here for the hell of it. Then Ralph Nader joining the race for president became an online video story. Guess how? The second time I watched the clip, I got the same 30-second pre-roll ad for Boeing. But Mr. Nader…
» Read the rest of this entry ...Stanford law professor, and internet thought leader Lawrence Lessig has announced via online video that he is looking into running for congress in California’s 12th district.
He has done so by launching a new-media style exploratory committee. An online video announcement, a website, Lessig08.org, and a Facebook group: Draft Lessig, through which people can show their support.
In addition, he announced what he calls the Change Congress Movement, a coalition he is seeking to form based on three ideas:
» Read the rest of this entry ...1. Individually not take any money from lobbyists or PACs
2. Vote to ban earmarks in the Congressional…
With the primary race on the Democratic side showing no sign of cooling off, now might be a good time to catch up on what you’ve missed, or at least watch a different talking head for a chance.
Hillary dumped her campaign manager yesterday, something Newsweek’s Jon Meacham is sure to touch upon during Newsweek’s Webcast covering the Potomac primaries. Tune in at 7pm tonight to Newsweek.com.
In the meantime, enjoy the latest spoofs of a hot political video. This online video, added Monday, has been streamed nearly half a million times…
» Read the rest of this entry ...Shortly before ceding South Carolina to his republican rivals and leaving the state, Mitt Romney got into a heated exchange with AP reporter Glen Johnson over Romney’s reliance on lobbyists as senior advisers.
This type of thing might not have received nearly as much attention in the past, but the prevalence of online video has made it far easier to publicize and distribute an incident like this in its entirety to a large audience.
First reported on a CBS News blog, video of the incident and the aftermath in which Romney returned…
» Read the rest of this entry ...Last week there was a widely publicized incident between U.S. warships and Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz. Both the U.S. and Iran issued strongly worded statements about what took place. Thanks to YouTube, footage of the confrontation from both sides is freely available in its entirety to anyone.
One of the greatest benefits of online video use in the media is the ability to offer an uncut look at an event without the concerns and constraints of a news program seeking ratings. No television news show could get…
» Read the rest of this entry ...In case you missed it (or, like plenty of people, had plans on Saturday night), the WMUR website has full online video coverage of both the Republican and Democratic debates from earlier tonight.
Each party has roughly 25 videos, broken down by debate topic. Oddly, though, there’s no option watch it as a whole, or just each party’s debate, like it was shown on TV. Also, a lot of the videos from the debate aren’t available for building your own continous playlist.
Just ahead of the Iowa caucus and heading into the New Hampshire primary, Barely Political’s Omama Girl, Amber Lee, launched a new video, this time with a Rocky Meets the Matrix storyline. Since its debut on January 2nd, the video has nearly 1 million views.
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