Daily Digest: 7/26/07

Joshua Levy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:18:03 -0400

The Web on the Candidates

A good back-and-forth about the successes, failures, merits, and results of the CNN/YouTube debate is taking place over at Jeff Jarvis' Buzzmachine. In a long, (maybe too) complicated discussion, Jarvis reiterates his disappointment in the debate, thinking that "TV got in the way" of the authenticity promised by YouTube's participation. He goes head-to-head with BBC'er Kevin Marsh, who called the debate a "terrific clash... between two media cultures; old-style 'big journalism' and new-style 'citizen media.'" Marsh then calls Jarvis an "uber-zealot" who wants to "bring video-sharing into the democratic process." Jarvis responds, the gloves come off, Marsh shows up in the comments, and another commenter brings things things back to earth.

A new site called Map the Candidates uses Google Maps and pulls in information from YouTube, online news sources, and candidate web sites to... map the candidates. You can view individuals candidates' paths across the country (well, across the early primary states) or look at all of the candidates' paths together, which can get cluttered pretty quickly. It's very similar to the Washington Post's Campaign Tracker, but could actually prove more useful. A good mashup.

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