Comments on: A new frontier? http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/a-new-frontier/ Unvarnished news & opinion on cable news Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Steve http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/a-new-frontier/#comment-44258 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:05:10 +0100 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/a-new-frontier/#comment-44258 <i>“As much as I wish we could use the voting method of YouTube, I just don’t think it’s realistic,” Bohrman said. If the number of views determined the videos asked at the debate, then candidates could study the most-viewed videos and game the system, Bohrman explained. Furthermore, the most-viewed video as of Monday afternoon, he pointed out, asks if Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cyborg.</i> Translation: We want all the benefits for looking hip and relevant by partnering with a large online community but none of the negatives. Instead of calling it the CNN/You Tube debate, it should be called the "CNN/Viewer submitted video questions that we have pre-screened because we don't actually care what questions you want answered debate". I mean is there any real difference between this type of debate and every other debate? “As much as I wish we could use the voting method of YouTube, I just don’t think it’s realistic,” Bohrman said. If the number of views determined the videos asked at the debate, then candidates could study the most-viewed videos and game the system, Bohrman explained. Furthermore, the most-viewed video as of Monday afternoon, he pointed out, asks if Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cyborg.

Translation:

We want all the benefits for looking hip and relevant by partnering with a large online community but none of the negatives.

Instead of calling it the CNN/You Tube debate, it should be called the “CNN/Viewer submitted video questions that we have pre-screened because we don’t actually care what questions you want answered debate”. I mean is there any real difference between this type of debate and every other debate?

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