Last week, I praised Tom Tancredo for being the first presidential candidate to open dialog on a touchy issue in a YouTube YouChoose Spotlight Video. Well, apparently I've underestimated the YouTube constituency. Only three people felt that illegal immigration was an important enough topic to engage on while the very same topic is by far the most heated and front-and-center on The Hill today. For Tancredo, a ballsy and important move has proven a dud. And it's not as if people just didn't watch it. It currently has over 300,000 views. It even has an insane number of text comments clocking in at nearly 1500, but mostly fluff. I wonder if this is an issue of anonymity? Are people afraid to show their faces? If that's true, where's that guy with the cowboy bandana? (Maybe he's too busy reading about himself at yourscenesucks.com. heh.) It's really a shame because the three responses given are some of the most personal ever offered up in YouTube politics. So as elections near, the truth of viral video will be revealed. Is this a medium for authentic and effective political discourse, or is it about as relevant as Campus Republicans? Let's take a look at the three brave respondents:
Showing posts with label Tom Tancredo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Tancredo. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tom Tancredo YouTube Spotlight Video A Dud
Last week, I praised Tom Tancredo for being the first presidential candidate to open dialog on a touchy issue in a YouTube YouChoose Spotlight Video. Well, apparently I've underestimated the YouTube constituency. Only three people felt that illegal immigration was an important enough topic to engage on while the very same topic is by far the most heated and front-and-center on The Hill today. For Tancredo, a ballsy and important move has proven a dud. And it's not as if people just didn't watch it. It currently has over 300,000 views. It even has an insane number of text comments clocking in at nearly 1500, but mostly fluff. I wonder if this is an issue of anonymity? Are people afraid to show their faces? If that's true, where's that guy with the cowboy bandana? (Maybe he's too busy reading about himself at yourscenesucks.com. heh.) It's really a shame because the three responses given are some of the most personal ever offered up in YouTube politics. So as elections near, the truth of viral video will be revealed. Is this a medium for authentic and effective political discourse, or is it about as relevant as Campus Republicans? Let's take a look at the three brave respondents:
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Tom Tancredo Puts Spotlight On Illegal Immigration
Finally, a candidate takes to the YouTube YouChoose Spotlight with an actual issue position. And it happens to be the issues that I've been dying to hear candidates discuss. The candidate is Tom Tancredo and the issue is Illegal Immigration. In Tancredo's video, he acknowledges the abstracts of illegal immigration and asks us to discuss how in practice it has impacted our lives. Folks, I would like to award Tom Tancredo a Viralroots gold star of the year. I'm sure that this video will spark some interesting debate. Illegal immigration is no doubt an emotional and heated discussion. Candidates often fail to go into it in any detail. I'm looking forward to the responses this prompts.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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