The even more astonishing thing is that it elicited a similarly semi- direct response from Ayatollah Khamenei in his own speech to the nation. The Obama administration couldn't go back on the stated US policy of not talking to states who sponsor terrorism, so to get around it Obama used YouTube and pretended to be 'reaching out to' the entire populace of Iran. Who, if American dogma is to be believed (it isn't) are suffering under a totalitarian theocracy and have no democratic say over their government's policies. Magic. Back in 2005, when people on this list were talking about how web video was going to change the world, I was sceptical. But here it is, changing the world. Fingers crossed.
On 22-Mar-09, at 2:49 PM, Gena wrote: > The President of the United States on YouTube to communicate with > the country of Iran? From a social networking, web video and "We > really are going to do things different in a transparent kind of > way" I am stunned. In a good way. > > He rocked me when the students of an Orange County (CA)school made a > YouTube video about their lives and not only did he see it he came > to meet with the teenagers last week. > > I'm not quite an old timer but damn, never saw this coming in my > life, a POTUS using YouTube for diplomacy. > > He is breaking so many firsts I can't keep up with him. He's got to > pace himself. He's wearing my tear ducts out and it ain't even three > good months. > > Gena > http;//outonthestoop.blogspot.com > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <rup...@...> wrote: > > > > That is the most insanely awesome thing. It's an election year in > > Iran. This is the tone and content the people need to hear if > > they're not going to re-elect Ahmadinejad. > > I watched with Persian captions, you can turn them on with a click > in > > the YouTube player. > > And the video quality was great. > > > > > > On 20-Mar-09, at 4:50 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > > > We know that Obama used web video effectively in his campaign, but > > now he's > > using web video to reach out to an entire nation and their leaders. > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/Nowruz/ > > They even include an MP3 and MP4 download. Subtitles in Farsi. > > > > Here's an article with more details: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html?hp > > > > The president's message released with Farsi subtitles to some > > broadcasters > > > in the Middle East and marking the Nowruz Spring holiday in Iran > > > echoed > > > sentiments in Mr. Obama's first televised interview from the White > > > House in > > > January in which he hinted at a new openness toward Iran. > > > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > http://ryanishungry.com > > http://jaydedman.com > > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > Creative Mobile Filmmaking > > Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
