The revolution will be televised
Sort of.
Starting this Saturday, Barack Obama is going to be broadcasting to the nation – nay, the world – via the medium of this here new-fangled computer thingy. Every week. Think of him as a 21st century FDR, if you will.
Obama’s weekly video addresses are an example of the promised a) transparency and b) new-fangledness (also known as ‘technology’) that the Obama campaign said it would bring to the presidency.
The videos will go out on both YouTube and change.gov – and in fact, his team have already got the ball rolling with this one below.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then he’ll begin. Or rather: transition chief Valerie Jarrett will begin:
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