Obama raised $500 million online
I said the other day how important the internet has been during this election; that it’s been the first truly 21st century election.
Andrew Sullivan takes it a logical step further:
“I don’t believe that Obama would have ever been able to become president in the era before the Internet.”
I think he could be right. Although not so much in the sense of the money raised, but more importantly in the spreading of information. Can you imagine how the African-American candidate Barack Obama would have fared in a country dominated by the agenda of Fox News and right-wing radio talk shows? With no blogs, no independent news sites and no YouTube to back up his case, spread information and correct lies told about him? Doesn’t bear thinking about, does it? Hurrah for this here interweb thingy!
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