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How CNN “Holographed” their Correspondents

CNN gets kudos for most original idea during Election 2008 coverage yesterday by “holographing” correspondent Jessica Yellin and pop star Will I Am into the CNN studio to virtually converse with Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper. Gizmodo explains how they did it: On the subject’s side: • 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in [...]

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Watching the Election on the Internet

Watching the Election on the Internet

The media buzz on Election 2008 is all about how the internet provides real time updates and commentary much faster than TV and other broadcast media: Passing of the Torch: TV to Internet – Screenwerk I’m Ready to Declare the Winner in the 2008 Race – Arianna Huffington (it’s the Internet) Media groups turn on [...]

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McCain & Palin / Tina Fey SNL Video – Finale to the first YouTubed Presidential Campaign

It’s now obligatory for Presidential candidates to make the comedy circuit. The YouTubed 2008 Presidential campaign officially got started with Paris Hilton’s reply to McCain’s celebrity commercial, and ends with John and Cindy McCain spoofing themselves: Love the White Oprah comment by Palin/Fey… I’m assuming she would enjoy being a talk show host more than [...]

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Obama McCain Breakdance Video

Love this stuff…

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“Everybody Media” – the Rewards of YouTube-ing Sarah Palin on SNL First

“Everybody Media” – the Rewards of YouTube-ing Sarah Palin on SNL First

The most popular A-list blogs become go-to sources by posting breaking news first before anybody else. Wired has chronicled how cut-throat the competition is. Now, “everybody media” is out there trying to get breaking news up on YouTube and on their blogs. Tonight’s SNL appearance of Sarah Palin has all the trappings of being a [...]

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Obama and McCain’s Stand-Up Comedy at the Al Smith Foundation Dinner

One Presidential debate should be hosted on Comedy Central and start off with comedic monologues. Humor puts some of the peripheral issues like comparing McCain to Bush in context much better than just trying to explain it seriously. John McCain turns out to be an excellent non-angry and gracious comedian, revealing a sympathetic character that [...]

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Debates Interpreted in Real Time

Debates Interpreted in Real Time

CNN reports that 2/3 of the public don’t want to see another debate. After #3, I don’t either because the rhetoric unceremoniously petrified into refrains of “McCain is Bush” and “Obama will raise taxes”. The debate reactions are more transparent with real time polling on CNN by their pundits and by commentary from Election Twitter [...]

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Waiting for Sarah Palin / Tina Fey – NBC should leverage Twitter to advertise SNL

Waiting for Sarah Palin / Tina Fey – NBC should leverage Twitter to advertise SNL

Link to SNL Video of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin 10/4/08 We Westcoasters get a full three hours of excellent Tina Fey reviews on Twitter before SNL airs in California… What NBC should do: Start advertising your shows in real time with scrolling Twitter quotes in a :15 second spot. I’m certainly tuning in.

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