Value of You Tube Realized

The success of the CNN You Tube interviews (NOT debates – just interviews) showed me some value for You Tube – value that I had overlooked to that point. It took the concept of a town hall meeting national and could easily have been conducted internationally (the United Nations could benefit from the experience). Up to that point I felt that You Tube promoted dangerous behavior – causing people to take risks for the sake of becoming a “most watched” video to some end that I could not grasp.

The particular benefit, to me, was the ability of the common citizen to get a common sense question / concern / issue out on the table in front of millions of others, and to hear the nomination wannabes ad lib answers instead of delivering rehearsed speeches in response to predictable media-prepared questions. It was refreshing, down to earth and well, just plain real. I look forward to more use of this technology in a variety of applications that could benefit the masses.

I also look forward to the eventual narrowing (or elimination) of the field of nomination wannabes so that the interviews can transition to true debate (or agreement) among the real candidates.