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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.

Democracy in action?

cfinnie — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:13:24 -0400

In a way it doesn't matter who made the videos. If they strike a chord with viewers, they'll get more views, and will get passed along more. I do agree that the pros distort the basic premise of this argument with better production values. That could lead to more people watching the Crush on Obama video (though the young woman's wardrobe probably has more to do with that). But, in essence, if people enjoy seeing McCain look like an idiot, the video will do well. And that might just be the democratic principle in action--no matter who posted the video or why.

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not to mention...

Fewer women did submit

It seems to me that the

Democracy in action?

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