Change In the Air(waves)
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/01/17/art.youtube.obama.address.jpg caption="Obama's weekly transition addresses - like the one above - were all posted on YouTube."]WASHINGTON (CNN) - Welcome to the YouTube White House.
In one of many signs of “change” in the air, President Obama has officially tweaked the name of a White House institution, the Weekly Radio Address, which has been heard on stations across the nation each Saturday for years.
Now it’s officially known as “President Barack Obama’s Weekly Video Address,” according to whitehouse.gov.
“President Barack Obama plans to publish a weekly video address every Saturday morning of his presidency,” says the official Web site.
During the transition, Obama taped a weekly video address that his team posted on YouTube to try showcase what supporters call a hipper approach with new forms of media.
And unlike the old radio address, which has traditionally just been a boilerplate report from presidents of each party about an issue in the news, Obama occasionally broke some news himself in the transition reports - recently using it to reveal a new figure for how many jobs he wants to create in his first two years in office.
From CNN Politics
- Georgia early voting surged as voters dealt with new laws
- Results are in: Best Balance Transfer card of 2022
- Keeping Title 42 in place won't slow US-Mexico border crossings, officials say
- 7 things to watch in Georgia, Alabama and other primaries Tuesday
- Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota elections
- DOJ requires officers to intervene if they see another use excessive force as part of broader reform effort
Has anyone on the planet ever actually listened to the Weekly Radio Address?
The name change will encourage people to listen – and the postings on you tube and other forms of media menas he truly means to keep us informed.
With the Obamas, the world can only get better, economically, morally and spiritually, more peaceful and Godly. They are the roles models for the rest of mankind, all of us. Right, only time can tell, as human nature is sinful, selfish and greedy, for hundreds or thousands of years?
we need more Palin
In more political news, the very first poll from Ohio's Senate race was released. It found a wide open race with a slight edge to Republican Rob Portman. Obama might have been inaugurated, but elections never stop!
what is great about this, is that I will probley watch them but I have never listen to a weekly radio address.
Perhaps President Obama should do both, to keep with tradition while using new technology to change with the times. The weekly radio address is like an old but warm sweater.
Finally a President for the real world and the Future .I doubt anyone ever listen to Bush–the man never had a word to say that you wanted to hear to begin with.
And no we don't need anymore Palin.She's like an old shoe that needs to be tossed out .