For Presidential politics at least, social media is in the process of slaughtering the old school

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12. You mean like 'those extremists on the Left' who used it so well to elect our current President?

Airc, Obama's campaign was the first to use this amazing tool, the new Public Square, magnified of course, to help get him elected. I know, I used it then the same way I am using it now to get another great candidate elected.

All those 'extreme lefties' were lauded at the time, for recognizing the power of the New Media.

The printing press was used similarly of course when it first appeared by Ben Franklin among others and received the same kind of reaction from those who had yet to catch up with the progress being made regarding how people communicate.

More technological progress followed and was again used by savvy forward thinking individuals to promote their candidates and candidacies, Radio, TV.

People are always scared of new ideas and one day there will be more progress in communications and the Internet will replace TV as the 'old media'.

As a Progressive I love progress especially before it is taken over and controlled by Corps, and for a while, provides a voice for the PEOPLE.