Is YouTube Changing Politics?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1071

YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley examines the growing use of YouTube as a platform for political discussion.

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Chad Hurley and Steven Chen in conversation with Chris Anderson.

With YouTube, Hurley and Chen created a new way for millions of people to entertain, educate, rock and shock one another on a scale we've never seen before. YouTube is a platform for everyday people to broadcast their perspectives to the masses.

Musicians, amateur filmmakers, comedians, and professional content owners alike are sharing their videos, and some even rise to the top to become stars. INFORUM awards the founders of YouTube for their ingenuity and talks with them about everything from their homegrown culture to Google to Viacom to what's next on the horizon. -- The Commonwealth Club

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[Rtfune]

When Obama was running, I used to make negative remarks about his views (NOT HIM AS AN INDIVIDUAL) and NONE of my comments were allowed to get thru- I was ALWAYS allowed to make negative comments about G.W.Bush's presidency. I think that at that point in time, YouTube was EXTREMLY biased- I HOPE that has changed. YouTube can be a VERY POWERFUL thing, BUT you MUST ALLOW ALL viewpoints to be exposed.

[carbonseven1st]

now thats a bunch of monkey cheese you people are talking about....google owns youtube and google is evil. utube does not support terrorist acts (it makes people aware how horrible it is is) Anyway, stop blaming utube for any political videos, utube doesnt make u watch them. YOU DO! i think it is important to see both sides of political events to be able to find out ur own objective conclusion. mkay? so yea, stay smart, well educated and informed. Peace!

[Aytodahan]

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[apks2004]

Right On the money Video!

[edz3ed2]

WE AL KNOW THAT YOUTUBE IS ILLEGAL

[VivaFitna]

These 'people' should be investigated by the IRS and Homeland Security, for one could argue that supporting terrorism by showing their horrible anti-Western propaganda videos equates to a terrorist act. YouTube supports anti-Israel and anti-American violence by not removing the islamo-fascist videos while at the same time banning those who support Israel and the USA. Also they manipulate the view counts of those who dare support the Free World and its Judeo-Christian values.

[revengeTheo]

YouTube is a negative political propaganda force to be reckoned with. It suppesses pro-American opinions, while supporting videos that glorify terrorist acts.

[MutantDealer]

2nd to comment!

[cujothekitten]

Youtube is partly responsible for Ron Paul's success online. Users are able to upload every appearance he makes and others can download them and make DVD's to pass out to people, or put them on their myspace pages, or post them on blogs. It's a huge part of the grassroots organization so youtube is definitely changing politics.