Saturday, May 24, 2008

Argus Leader Clinton interview shows video's reach

Updated at 10:05 p.m. PT: I'm watching more Argus Leader video right now on CNN's high-profile Anderson Cooper 360.

Updated at 6:57 p.m. PT with reaction:
Soon after meeting with the editorial board, Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for citing -- during today's meeting -- the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to stay in the presidential race. The Sioux Falls, S.D., newspaper offers video and a transcript of her remarks.

I saw the video replayed just moments ago, on the News Hour, with credit given to the Argus Leader. "The blowback,'' host Ray Suarez said, "has been -- and in a very short time, a strikingly short time -- tremendous."

Columnist Mark Shields told Suarez that video like the Argus Leader's has changed the nature of politics. "This has been a YouTube campaign,'' Shields said. "It's what makes this campaign different from any we've been through. Every word you say is recorded."

[Image: this morning's Argus Leader, Newseum]

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