President-elect Obama has just announced that the weekly address will no longer be shown on television. Instead, the address will air on the radio and be posted immediately on YouTube.

These talks originated with FDR and were called “fireside chats”, and every president since then has done them, either on the radio or on television. Posting them immediately on YouTube will allow a greater audience to hear the remarks, and to respond, as long as they keep the comments turned on. It will also allow for others to reference the speeches easily, in order to spread the message or address a specific issue.

This is yet another tool in the arsenal the president-elect is using to try and get younger, more tech savvy Americans involved in politics.

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