Videos catch politicians off the cuff, aiding rivals’ campaigns. USA Today reports.
YouTube has become yet another Internet tool to rouse party activists, political junkies and office procrastinators. Strategists say it’s an entertaining new way to directly connect with voters.
Campaigns “have always used video cameras, but the difference this cycle is that YouTube allows information to get uploaded and out to the public a lot faster than it has in the past,” said Phil Singer, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Videos catch politicians off the cuff, aiding rivals’ campaigns. USA Today reports.
YouTube has become yet another Internet tool to rouse party activists, political junkies and office procrastinators. Strategists say it’s an entertaining new way to directly connect with voters.
Campaigns “have always used video cameras, but the difference this cycle is that YouTube allows information to [...]
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@ 17:19
Not just George Allen embarrassing himself. I noticed there are a whole set of videos of police doing not so nice things:
Police tasing a woman restrained on the ground
The Miami woman shot in the face with rubber bullets in 2003, the police laughing about it after the fact, and the police chief’s recent apology