McCain speech not Googlable or downloadable afterwards like Obamas - missed opportunity
Friday, 5. September 2008, 04:50:10
Folks, it says alot that you CANNOT download the video of the John Mcain speech tonight in MN by Googling "McCain Speech September 4" or nearly any other searchterms, and his running mate turns up instead in most Internet searches. CNN.com, MSNBC.com and others are showing the first 9 minutes, and nothing else. Just enough to switch to an online commercial and make some money.
Within an hour of Barak Obama's spech, hi entire speech was available on several TV and online network sites it's entirety.
What does this say?
I'm not exactly sure, I am in a position of pointing out the obvious but being somewhat perplexed. I wanted to give John McCain equal time, but it seems, unless you glued yourself to the TV and tradition network television (the McCain Generation vs. the 2008 world) < you missed it. His press network did not immediate;y perpetuate his entire message online.
As a member of the online media, I know it takes only a few minutes to take live digital or even Beta analog video and put it onto YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, etc and provide a professional DV video feed to the networks, and they have servers that can transcode the video in minutes, into official "CNN.com" video formats such as windows media, Flash , etc.
So how did we end up with a non-splash of MCain online, versus being able to see Obama's entire speech online within the same night he spoke in Denver?
I'm gOing to go out on a limb and calling this is another disconnection.
But I am just a Libertarian, not a democrat or republican. I want more.... More than the rhetoric, the entire substance and evidence of progressive thought.
Jon
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