Momentshowing

It’s official.
Steve Garfield has gotten his local city councilman to get a videoblog.
holy cow.

Imagine a time when all politicians have their own videoblogs.
Yes, some will be typical: slick, engineered….like present political TV commercials.
They will suck and no one will watch them.

I can also imagine a person wanting to run for local office.
He/she  doesnt have the big money…but uses a videoblog to talk directly to the people.
Through comments on the blog, a dialogue can begin.
In this way, traditonal TV and newspapers can no longer determine who it is we listen to.
It will be more difficult for the two major parties to control the conversation.
I always balk out how everthing is strictlky black and white in public discourse.

Wider conversations in videolbogs could be a reality IF people step up and use it.
A local politician carries a little digital camera with him/her and records moments along the way.
Looks into the camera when ideas strike him/her and records them.
Posts them to their videoblog.
Who has the courage?

Anyway, here is John Tobin’s video feed that you can subscribe to in ANT or mefeedia.
Good job Steve.

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