http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/204/daily_digest_3_20_07 Comments for "Daily Digest: 3/20/07" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/204/daily_digest_3_20_07 <p>The Web on the Candidates</p> <p>A commenter on Jeff Jarvis' <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/25/on-cnn/#comment-346194">Buzzmachine</a> says that "there's a big elephant in the room on viral video for politics," which is that as more political advertising (and eyeballs) end up on YouTube, local broadcast stations will lose their most cherished sources of funding, similar to the way <a href="http://www.craigslist.org">Craigslist</a> has challenged newspapers' classified ads model.&nbsp; The dominant advertising mode is still TV, Jarvis writes, but it won't be that way forever: "All political advertising won’t migrate online yet because the audience on broadcast is bigger and campaigns are inherently conservative. But there will be a point of no return." &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>James Kotecki's <a href="http://jameskotecki.blogspot.com/2007/03/youtube-and-politics-caught-off-guard.html">new video</a> takes a look at the most popular videos on YouTube that feature politicians doing or saying something stupid.&nbsp; He isn't sure that, in the end, these assorted "macaca" moments will ultimately affect the race, since the more we record candidates' every move, the more likely they'll get caught making gaffes, and we'll become used to the idea that candidates make mistakes.&nbsp; Kotecki ends with a sorta-funny montage of his own "gaffes."</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/204/daily_digest_3_20_07">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/204/daily_digest_3_20_07#comment Bill Richardson Craigslist James Kotecki Jeff Jarvis John Edwards Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:24:19 -0400 Joshua Levy 204 at http://www.techpresident.com