Internet President?

I was watching today as the folks on television were talking about Obama's address and that all of his addresses are going to be available on YouTube.

They were laughing about the idea that there would be nothing for them to do because he would just do YouTube videos and there would be no daily press briefings. Personally, that's not a bad idea, at least in part. It would be nice to see all of the speeches and press briefings in their entirety without the filter of the national media.

However, as they were pointing out on television, part of the job of the media is to ask questions and monitor how the President is doing and question what he does. The problem here is that we've already seen that media outlets such as Fox News and the papers who endorsed McCain in the election don't get called on in press conferences. So, the only ones who will get to ask questions will be the ones who have already proven their loyalty to Obama.

I hope he does put everything on YouTube because it may be the only way we get an accurate picture of what he's saying and doing.