Barack Obama's YouTube radio address

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Let us welcome the first "new media" president.

Barack Obama's YouTube radio address
Posted November 14, 2008 7:15 AM
The Swamp

by Christi Parsons

Barack Obama will put a new spin on the radio address later today, when he tapes the weekly message not just on audio but on video, too.

Aides to the president-elect say this morning that Obama's recording of the weekly Democratic radio address will be turned into a YouTube video and posted this weekend, beginning a new practice they'll keep up after he's in the White House.

The presidential radio address has waxed and waned in importance over the years, hitting its apex when FDR used the airwaves to calm fears and promote confidence with his Depression-era "Fireside Chats." In modern times, it's mainly of importance in political circles.

But the Obama folks know a YouTube opportunity when they see it, thus the all-new multi-media presentation viewers can tune in for on Saturday morning. An army of supporters got to know him just that way, and such a weekly posting is likely to draw traffic.

"This is just one of many ways that President-elect Obama will communicate directly with the American people and make the White House and the political process more transparent," spokesman Nick Shapiro said in an email this morning.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/11/barack_obamas_youtube_radio_ad.html

[wildflower]

1. This is good

The more chances he has to communicate directly with the American people, the better.