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Jul 24 2007 12:00am EDT

Why YouTube is Better Than Reporters

Last night's Democratic debate, sponsored by YouTube, may have been a revolutionary moment.

Previous debates have taken questions by lay citizens and had them read by the priesthood of the press to the candidates.

And there have been debates where citizens could, briefly, take to the microphones to ask a few questions.

But there's never been one like this, composed entirely of citizen questions delivered by citizens themselves in the manner of their choosing on their computers.

Matthew Cooper's full Capital blog post on this subject is here.


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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