GRITtv: 10 Questions to Fix our Elections

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Channel: Laura Flanders & Friends · 2010 · News & Politics

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In 2008, CNN and YouTube paired up to pose citizen questions to presidential candidates through YouTube videos.  But, Daniel Teweles of the Personal Democracy Forum notes, the questions were still selected by journalists and presented in a typical debate format.  This time around, the Personal Democracy Forum has a new project, 10Questions, where citizens can pose questions to candidates in their local races, and the candidates post video responses on the Web for all to see.

Daniel joins Laura in studio to talk about the project, and ways that new media technology can improve our elections.  They also check in with Dr. Martin Michaels, a physician from Georgia whose question about childhood health was answered by the candidates for governor of Georgia.  Distributed by Tubemogul.

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