The Big Tent
More bloggers have been accredited for the US conventions than ever before but what are they adding to the media circus? Oliver Burkeman went to find out
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If you were running a political party, and you were presented with an opportunity to promote your message free of charge to millions of people, raise millions of pounds in small donations and bypass the vultures of print and broadcast media, you'd take it, wouldn't you?
Methinks Iain Dale is doing a Yosser Hughes impersonation, that is, "Gissajob I can do that".
John,
ReplyDeleteLive interviews and spontaneous, unrehearsed questions reveal politicians true character, aims and leadership qualities.
Reaching the public via the internet worked for Obama as a 'back up' to addressing thousands of people in person.
Think the jury is still out on the viability of the internet as a political tool.
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