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CLIPMANIA | Posting Politics on the Net

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Channel: DW News · 2008 · Entertainment

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Even traditional politicians can't get by without the internet anymore. Most of them have websites and some have taken it to the next level by offering video-on-demand podcasts where they talk about their policies. This gives them the opportunity to get across their views with as much airtime as they want. Something Germany's chancellor Merkel realized as the first head of government worldwide.

Berlin is reknowned for being a trendsetting city and it seems that Chancellor Angela Merkel is very much in tune with this. She made her pioneering first podcast in 2006 and it's gone from strength to strength. 
It may mean a little extra work but she's glad to be able to reach people she couldn't normally and discuss issues that she doesn't often get to talk about. 
The opinions she broadcasts in her podcasts are increasingly being picked up by old school TV and newspapers. But the podcasts and the politicians have also been the target of satire on the internet.

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