Text Comments Out In YouTube "National Discussion" of Health Care

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 28, 2009 @08:34AM from the you-could-always-talk-with-your-friends-and-neighbors dept.

theodp writes "While the White House has invited the nation to Join the National Online Discussion on Health Care Reform, it is currently only accepting 20-30 second YouTube video responses — text comments have been disabled. Which raises a question: Should a video camera be the price of admission for participating in an open government discussion, especially when issues may hit those with lower incomes the hardest? BTW, the response-to-date has been underwhelming — 101 video responses and counting — and is certainly a mixed-bag, including a one-finger salute, a talking butt, a woman "Showing my Apples", and other off-topic rants and unrelated videos."

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Re:Moderator? by BorgCopyeditor · 2009-06-28 09:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Am I the only person who's concerned that the Whitehouse has been allowed to be the moderator of such discussions?
Are you saying it's impossible to put your own video on Youtube (or elsewhere) detailing what you think about this or any other political issue? If not, I'm not sure how the administration has been "allowed to be the moderator of such discussions." Could you explain?

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