Melding Obama’s Web to a YouTube Presidency

President Obama is trying to bypass the mainstream news media and take messages straight to the public. The New York Times reports.

The most prominent example of the new strategy is his weekly address to the nation — what under previous presidents was a speech recorded for and released to radio stations on Saturday mornings. Mr. Obama instead records a video, which on Saturday he posted on the White House Web site and on YouTube; in it, he explained what he wanted to accomplish with the $825 billion economic stimulus plan working its way through Congress.

By late Sunday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 600,000 times on YouTube.

emily | 9:38 AM | Political Videos |
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