Loc:Hooyi

The first Presidential debate is over. Watching it on TV was not the most exciting thing. Watching it while twittering, however, was a hoot. It was like being in a big debate party (the beer also helped).

There were lots of news organizations using twitter last Friday to present/cover the debate. The application I found most interesting was CurrenTV’s “Hack the Debate” - live streaming of (some) tweets from tweeps on its TV channels and online. (I suppose there’s a level of vanity to see my own tweets show up on TV.)

The tweets were from updates on Election.Twitter.com and updates with hash tags #current and #debate08. Of course, not all tweets were shown. Looked like some editorial judgments were used.
Really must know more? Hear from CurrentTV themselves.

I wonder what Current TV viewers thought about this?

Another channel that is doing extensive online debate coverage is C-Span with its Debate Hub. This C-Span mini site had live streaming of the debate (with embeddable video clips for anyone to use), twitter feeds and blogsphere coverage. One very useful tool is the live debate timeline that serves as a navigation tool to transcript texts and video clips.

Can’t wait for the VP debate - now, THAT will be entertainment.