GigaOM :: Reddit landed a personal appearance by the President of the United States on Wednesday when Barack Obama stopped by for one of the site’s “Ask Me Anything” interviews — an event that further adds to the web community’s reputation as an alternative source of journalism.
Hi, I’m Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I’ll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET.
Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240903767350968320
Hey, everyone: I'll be taking your questions online today. Ask yours here: OFA.BO/gBof44 -bo
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 29, 2012
A report by Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com
I'd hardly call the President's brief appearance on Reddit "journalism," alternative platform or otherwise.
Spectacle, yes. Promotion, yes. Counterprogramming the Republican National Convention, yes. Journalism? No.
Posted by: Lucastypes | August 30, 2012 at 07:40 AM