President Obama did not call on any National papers at his press conference Tuesday night (noted in a bit of pique by the New York Times political reporters) and recently, he delivered a snub to the Gridiron Club (widely recognized by most insiders as the ultimate insiders club) by declining their invitation to attend their annual dinner.
A recent poll reports that nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 40 say programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are taking the place of traditional news outlets.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of adults say programs of this nature are making Americans more informed about news events, while 21% believe they make people less informed. Twelve percent (12%) say they have no impact.
Now this--- no media at all.A press conference of sorts online with no press at all .A live online event from the White house in which he will answer citizen submitted questions .Submitted in advance at http://www.whitehouse.gov/OpenForQuestions/ and ranked by participants regarding interest and importance. I looked at the site earlier and it has a video message from Obama and is quite easy to navigate around .I did not pass up the opportunity and did submit a question.
White House to Host Online Town Hall after Ignoring National Papers at Press Conference
Participants can submit questions in writing or video. They can also vote for questions they want most to be answered. The questions are listed by topic, and then ranked by interest in them. On Wednesday afternoon , there were 22,596 people to have submitted 24,737 questions and cast 835,484 votes. A ticker at the top of each list of topical questions keeps an updating count.
This event may provide a model for how to engage participants in an online event. Registration requires first name, e-mail, and ZIP code and "catch" verification. The "Terms of Participation" are explicit. Participants can flag questions that violate the policy and if several flag one question, it will be downplayed then reviewed and either removed or restored to the rotation. People who want to submit a question outside the event can do so.
Questions and voting are hosted by Google Inc., but whitehouse.gov owns and has access to the data related to the questions and voting, which will be treated in accordance with the whitehouse.gov privacy policy. Google never receives your email address and does not store the IP addresses related to open for Questions.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/nearly_one_third_of_younger_americans_see_colbert_
stewart_as_alternatives_to_traditional_news_outlets
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