Sunday, October 19, 2008

You-Tube Debate Videos vs. The Actual Debate

After watching a few debates online I think that they look more organic rather than ads because out of the ones that I watched none of them were trying to promote anything. All of the debates were for the most part taken right off of television. They all seemed to be the live debate, as if they were taken right off of ABC, CBS, NBC, and so on. I think that most of them seemed more polished rather than amateur because, like I said they looked like they were taken right off of the channel in which they were viewed. It did not seem like anyone messed with them or tried to make them Pro McCain or Pro Obama. On the other hand after I watched some user-generated political videos I felt that some of them were more convincing than the debates on You-Tube because the people who made these videos took time into making them. They took different points for who they felt more passionately about and made them look "good" compared to the other candidate. Also they took clips from specific debates and either pushed for one candidate or the other and it really made them look good. The video that I found most authenic, convincing, and real is, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0xzsogzAk. This video showed things that McCain has said which were either completely absurd or not true. Even though I don't know which candidate I will be voting for, it really made me think about both.
Compared to older campaign ads on You-Tube I think that these are more convincing because they are more up to date and I think that they seem to have more accurate information. The videos from older times are more of the debating rather than a video that someone took the time to make and try to sway people into liking one candidate over the other.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7C-2-jtKFM
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnmccaindotcom?ob=4

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