Comments on: MSNBC, network of old farts http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kris http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349264 kris Thu, 03 May 2007 20:10:37 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349264 "Senator Barack Obama today sent a letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean urging the DNC to make the video from any Democratic Presidential debate publicly available after the debate for free and without restriction." http://www.barackobama.com/2007/05/03/obama_urges_dean_to_make_video.php Maybe this will help? “Senator Barack Obama today sent a letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean urging the DNC to make the video from any Democratic Presidential debate publicly available after the debate for free and without restriction.”

http://www.barackobama.com/2007/05/03/obama_urges_dean_to_make_video.php

Maybe this will help?

]]> By: John S. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349067 John S. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:25:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349067 It is astonishing, isn't it, how lame the questions were? Brian Williams is supposed to be at the top of the journalism heap, but he had no game. I think presidential debates should henceforth be anchored by two questioners, one from a pronounced left-wing bias and one from the right. The questions should have an edge. They should try to pin these candidates down. We need debates in which the only candidate prep that matters is that the candidate be knowledgable, informed and have developed basic strategic and philosophical positions. We need debates that cripple spin in the same way blogs reject PR as if it was a foreign tissue. It is astonishing, isn’t it, how lame the questions were? Brian Williams is supposed to be at the top of the journalism heap, but he had no game.

I think presidential debates should henceforth be anchored by two questioners, one from a pronounced left-wing bias and one from the right. The questions should have an edge. They should try to pin these candidates down. We need debates in which the only candidate prep that matters is that the candidate be knowledgable, informed and have developed basic strategic and philosophical positions. We need debates that cripple spin in the same way blogs reject PR as if it was a foreign tissue.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349066 Benjamin Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:29:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349066 Its up at You Tube and various outlets, not sure what all the fuss is about. The debate itself was pretty stilted, so I am not sure why folk would want to spend hours remixing it etc. Its up at You Tube and various outlets, not sure what all the fuss is about. The debate itself was pretty stilted, so I am not sure why folk would want to spend hours remixing it etc.

]]> By: Matt http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349062 Matt Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:49:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349062 Not only was NBC's distribution of the debate antiquated, but so was the style of the debate. Having Brian Williams go through a lightning round of questions that began with "some say this" or asking for 1-word answers or a show of hands wreaked of what they think the internet audience wants, when what they really want is substance. Not only was NBC’s distribution of the debate antiquated, but so was the style of the debate. Having Brian Williams go through a lightning round of questions that began with “some say this” or asking for 1-word answers or a show of hands wreaked of what they think the internet audience wants, when what they really want is substance.

]]> By: Scott http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349053 Scott Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:54:41 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/29/msnbc-network-of-old-farts/#comment-349053 http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00/64&t=c3628&p=hotvideo_m_debate&g=ce7c3a5f-0cb7-4e97-b1a0-ca3d63b0bee4 http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00/64&t=c3628&p=hotvideo_m_debate&g=ce7c3a5f-0cb7-4e97-b1a0-ca3d63b0bee4

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