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C-SPAN Debate Hub is the place to be for full frontal participation


If you followed C-SPAN’s coverage of the two national parties’ conventions, then you may recall how complete it was.  And if you missed it, here’s your chance to experience total immersion and exposure to views from every corner of the debate audiences.

I’m cribbing this post from my good bloggy friend, Myrna the Minx at Reno and Its Discontents because she did such an awesome job of posting it.  If you are online only or if you are giving yourself a multi-platform experience, check out these resources.  If you’re a blogger, contribute to them as well.

CSPAN’s new media style convention coverage was a big hit, so it makes sense that CSPAN would try to improve upon their success with the presidential debates. I got a sneak peek tonight, and wow, let’s just say that CSPAN has succeeded in putting the debate footage directly in the hands of citizens and citizen journalists where it belongs. Larry Lessig would be proud. Who needs network or cable news when you get this kind of tiered, targetable, sortable, and shapable data and video at your fingertips? It’s blogger heaven! Here’s what to look for at the CSPAN Debate Hub (right now it’s populated with old debate footage that will roll over later today):

But let’s talk about the details. First, all of this will be available sometime tomorrow afternoon before the debates and there will be a slight time lag because video clips and transcripts have to synched.

And from me:

Major nod to New Media Strategies aka NMS for bringing all this to C-SPAN and us.

Viewing information of the debate at C-SPAN:

C-SPAN will be airing each of the debates LIVE beginning at 9:00 PM (ET), with pre-debate programming beginning around 7:00 PM.  Viewer phone calls and reaction will follow each debate on C-SPAN, with C-SPAN 2 airing comments made in the Spin Room immediately after.  A re-air of the debates for the west coast will begin at 11:30 PM (ET), with a live call-in segment to follow between 1:00 AM -2:00 AM (ET).

I may be called to weigh-in but I don’t know yet.  You’ll have to watch and listen with me.  And millions of others.

By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:12 pm September 26th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Debates, Elections, John McCain, Media, Politics, WH2008 

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