Debate for the few?
In today's Star Tribune there was an article about the 2008 election. Go figure...
There is a new media partnership between the political blog Huffington Post, Yahoo and Slate Magazine. This group will host online-only debates for the Democrats and Republicans early next fall. These debates will begin sometime after Labor Day with PBS host Charlie Rose as the moderator. Voters can submit questions or the can blog in real-time to share their views and opinions.
We are seeing the huge growth of streaming media and this is another example of the attempt to go mainstream with a cyber event.
What about society without computers? Or the necessary tools needed to listen to a streaming debate? Are the technology laden, young cutting edge PC and Mac users the core voters in a presidential election? Only time will tell.
It may be a debate heard by a few...
Mike