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not to mention...

adamconner7 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:16:33 -0400

one of the morning shows had them all pillow fight in the streets. classy.

Adam Conner

Fewer women did submit

Morra Aarons — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:16:41 -0400

Fewer women did submit videos (see here for early stats)- and fewer women use YouTube.

My point was simply to note that before 2008 is firmly anointed the "YouTube Election," we should think about who is populating YouTube.

It seems to me that the

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:58:14 -0400

It seems to me that the reason why there were more questions by men is not because of some dark paternalistic conspiracy, but simply because men, statistically, care more about politics than women. So they're more likely to upload videos to YouTube. Outside of the fact that 39 videos is by no means a statistically significant sample, I would be willing to bet that there is a similar discrepancy in submitted videos as there is in aired videos.

As for women in bikini making funny videos getting attention from the media, hey, welcome to Planet Earth. The media get hung up on stupid stuff. Remember Paris Hilton? Blame the media. Or rather, blame the market, because if the media were responsible and only aired genuinely interesting policy stuff, no-one would watch them. Including me. I may be a policy wonk, but I like watching hot girls in bikinis too. Does that make me a male chauvinist pig?

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is the president of Impulsion Concorde, France's premier right of center think tank for students and young professionals.

YouTube and Politics: A Woman’s Place is…in a bikini?

Morra Aarons — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:59:34 -0400

It all started when “Obama Girl” got more attention in the post-CNN/YouTube debate “spin room” than Joe Biden. As I stood outside the spin room, I kept asking breathless spinners who had talked to the brunette charmer, “but what could you possible ask the Obama Girl? What does she have to say about politics”? Oh well. She’s hot. Who cares...but if I have to watch another slutty YouTube political video, I'm going to be sick.