YouTubeification
Conventional political wisdom holds that in presidential debates, the action is in the answers. What candidates say, and how they say it, tends to dominate news coverage. But tonight's CNN YouTube debate may throw a curveball into the mix. Since the novel element of the debate format is the fact that questions will come from videos created by ordinary people, the questions themselves may become newsworthy. Consider what happens if Steve Grove's team selects a question taped by a non-U.S. citizen. Will there be cries of protest from those who believe that only Americans who can vote should have a voice in the upcoming presidential election?
