More evidence of the influence of new media on American politics

Is political debate catching on amongst youngsters using new media,at least in the States?


The New York Times reports that a speach given by Barack Obama.his

videotaped response to President Bush’s final State of the Union address


,ignored by most of the mainstream press has according to the paper

on the medium it was made for, the Internet, the video caught fire. Quickly after it was posted on YouTube, it appeared on the video-sharing site’s most popular list and Google’s most blogged list. It has been viewed more than 1.3 million times, been linked by more than 500 blogs and distributed widely on social networking sites like Facebook.

In essence says the article

they are replacing the professional filter — reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com — with a social one