Purposefully releasing presidential video to a single source just seems (IMO) not quite above board. Secondly there's nothing preventing a creative videographer/hacker from posting doctored "official releases".
I'd rather see it come from whitehouse.gov, with a disclaimer saying if you see it anywhere else it's not official. Erika L. Walker wrote: > I still don't get it. Radio make money because you have to buy a spot on the > radio to make your broadcast. > TV makes money every time you buy a spot. > So a website can't make money? Huh? > > You still make no sense. YouTube is going to have a much bigger audience > than the white house website, doesn't matter what kind of campaign you throw > at it. > > As far as authenticity. That's easily covered by disclaimers and educating > the public to know that unless it was posted by the OFFICIAL Obama youtube > member account, question it's contents. Blah blah blah. > > That aside ... fakes will exist in all forms everywhere. Not going to matter > where they are posted. Coming up with this as an excuse to not post on > youtube is ridiculous. > > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Exactly. >> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd think that Google, owning YouTube, would stand to make a fortune off >>> of the advertising. (IMO) The president(elect) would be better served, by >>> posting streaming video to the White House.gov site. >>> >>> Erika L. Walker wrote: >>> >>>> It's got nothing to do with Google. What does Google have to do with >>>> >> Obama >> >>>> using Social Networking to his advantage? >>>> >>>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
