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Taking a wider view... it seems the politicians have not yet figured out that the Internet is a total game changer in terms of their ability to manage the political and social agenda, spin the "truth" and the events of the day in their favor, etc. Going on 60 Minutes to give your side of the story is so last century, lol. This was from a pre-Internet playbook and it won't work (except maybe on the older folks who still get their news and analysis from ABC/NBC/CBS but their numbers are dwindling as even that generation is going online now) but its all they know.

Here is a link to one of the best explanations that I have read about how the Internet has changed the social, political and power structures of our time. We are living in the greatest political and social revolution since the invention of the printing press. The entrenched powers can no longer use the press like 60 Minutes or the NY Times to maintain their control. Nobody knows how this will end.

http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking...