For the Democratic presidential debate on Monday night, the candidates will be asked questions sent in via YouTube. The Republican candidates will also participate in the same CNN-YouTube debate on September 17. I think this is a really interesting idea – anyone can film themselves asking a question, send it in, and have the chance to see their issues brought up in this important debate. I think it is great that the people who have valid questions and issues for the candidates to answer can submit them in such a personal way. The article points out that it will make the debates more personal to the public than the journalists can. The only problems brought up is that since YouTube content is completely user generated, it might not be right to have an editor decide what is a good or bad question. Some think that it would be better for the users of YouTube to decide on the issues that will be brought up at the debates. What do you think?
If you are interested, here is the article