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You've been duped.

bcmcknight77 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:24:55 -0500

That whole Hallmark event was a dog and pony show. Notice how she never had a single moment of uncomfortability? It ain't because she has all the answers. It's because she had all of THESE answers.

Hmmmmm

Michael Connery — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:39:16 -0500

Well, technically, the live audience was everywhere for the MTV event, esp. since Chris Cilliza took questions via IM and relayed them to the canidates. The live polling also let the audience and moderators "take the temperature" of the total viewing audience, something missing from the Clinton event, if I'm not mistaken. That seems like valuable information to have in assessing how the candidate's message is resonating (or not).

Additionally, it strikes me that the campaign being in control of the event suggests even more bias than viacom, and Zephyr's take on the event seems to suggest less interactivity.

Again, I didn't see the event, so I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here to tease out the real value . . .

The MTV/myspace events were

Dan Manatt — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:19:49 -0500

The MTV/myspace events were slick, with cool interactivity. But the live audience was only @ MTV's Times Square studio.

The Clinton Campaign linked live audiences in 22 different sites (I think) with questions coming live from most every site.

Plus, it was not Viacom, or News Corp. in charge -- it was the candidate.

Compare to MTV/MySpace?

Michael Connery — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:15:05 -0500

I didn't watch the townhall, so I can't really speak about it with any authority, but I'm wondering how you thought it compared to the MTV/MySpace candidate dialogues.

Not necessarily the "super dialogue" this past weekend, but previous iterations where Sens. McCain, Edwards, and Obama each had an hour to themselves in front of a live studio audience augmented by snap polling and follow-up questions by an online audience.