Comments on: That’s the ticket http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:29:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: qeywqwuhub http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355558 qeywqwuhub Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:30:21 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355558 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! bkvcmqpypace Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! bkvcmqpypace

]]> By: keith halstead http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355439 keith halstead Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:36:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355439 To Richard - yes, politicians probably would prefer not to have to answer follow up questions but surely that isnt reason enough to abandon what is a revolution in giving ordinary people access to the people in power? Our task is to find a better way of submitting questions, for example allowing them to be voted on so we can measure just how much public interest there is in getting them answered and perhaps having an experienced journalist there too to deal with the follow ups, if it looks like the politicians are giving lame answers. To Richard - yes, politicians probably would prefer not to have to answer follow up questions but surely that isnt reason enough to abandon what is a revolution in giving ordinary people access to the people in power? Our task is to find a better way of submitting questions, for example allowing them to be voted on so we can measure just how much public interest there is in getting them answered and perhaps having an experienced journalist there too to deal with the follow ups, if it looks like the politicians are giving lame answers.

]]> By: mary http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355209 mary Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:08:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355209 The key might be to skip playing the video questions entirely and just have people submit questions via video. The folks with questions picked for debate will be in the audience and ask them directly... follow up questions too. Seems easy enough, right? Yeah, right ;/ The key might be to skip playing the video questions entirely and just have people submit questions via video. The folks with questions picked for debate will be in the audience and ask them directly… follow up questions too. Seems easy enough, right? Yeah, right ;/

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355182 Richard Bennett Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:57:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355182 Politicians love these video questions, because there's no follow-up if they choose to give an evasive answer. The non-interactive medium which is YouTube is tailor made for sleazy politicians, and they should be embracing it like mad. Instead of the kind of dogged, well-informed questioning that they should face from people like Jeremy Paxman, in the absence of real back-and-forth debate they get a bunch of canned pablum from a computer. Perfect. Whose side are you on Jarvis? Politicians love these video questions, because there’s no follow-up if they choose to give an evasive answer. The non-interactive medium which is YouTube is tailor made for sleazy politicians, and they should be embracing it like mad.

Instead of the kind of dogged, well-informed questioning that they should face from people like Jeremy Paxman, in the absence of real back-and-forth debate they get a bunch of canned pablum from a computer. Perfect.

Whose side are you on Jarvis?

]]> By: frank patrick http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355168 frank patrick Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:25:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355168 The trick to this VGQ (voter-generated question) thing is to find questions that can't be force-fit into and answered with the pre-washed, pre-shrunk scripted answers that candidates rely on so they don't have to think. The trick to this VGQ (voter-generated question) thing is to find questions that can’t be force-fit into and answered with the pre-washed, pre-shrunk scripted answers that candidates rely on so they don’t have to think.

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355166 Richard Bennett Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:17:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355166 Your facts are wrong in the broadband Internet question. Which raises an interesting question about citizen questions in general: if the debate questions are mainly coming from naive citizens, isn't this effectively the same thing as letting Michael Moore do all the talking? The opinions of amateurs are mainly shaped by professional propagandists, after all. We certainly see that in anything related to the Internet, such as broadband deployment, net neutrality, etc. Your facts are wrong in the broadband Internet question. Which raises an interesting question about citizen questions in general: if the debate questions are mainly coming from naive citizens, isn’t this effectively the same thing as letting Michael Moore do all the talking?

The opinions of amateurs are mainly shaped by professional propagandists, after all. We certainly see that in anything related to the Internet, such as broadband deployment, net neutrality, etc.

]]> By: TLB http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355162 TLB Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:24:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/07/26/thats-the-ticket/#comment-355162 How generous of them. Unfortunately, allowing people to vote on videos will result in a series of Obama Girls, and allowing the MSM to choose the questions will result in a series of puffballs that won't make the puffballs they usually ask look as weak as they are. I ("My coverage") already outlined the only way this could work here: buzzmachine.com/2007/07/23/their-debate/#comment-355021 The only way to prevent someone from putting their thumb on the scale is to have those with reputations they want to keep (bloggers, pundits, etc.) rate the videos by their toughness, and make their individual ratings public. If someone lies or ignores a video, they can be called out. The email attached to this comment works if JJ wants to arrange a small amount of funding for me to put such a site together. How generous of them. Unfortunately, allowing people to vote on videos will result in a series of Obama Girls, and allowing the MSM to choose the questions will result in a series of puffballs that won’t make the puffballs they usually ask look as weak as they are.

I (”My coverage”) already outlined the only way this could work here:

buzzmachine.com/2007/07/23/their-debate/#comment-355021

The only way to prevent someone from putting their thumb on the scale is to have those with reputations they want to keep (bloggers, pundits, etc.) rate the videos by their toughness, and make their individual ratings public. If someone lies or ignores a video, they can be called out.

The email attached to this comment works if JJ wants to arrange a small amount of funding for me to put such a site together.

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