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Obama's Speech (in 50 words or less, or 37 minutes and more?)
Micah L. Sifry, 03/19/2008 - 8:56am

Will Barack Obama's big speech on race in America be remembered for the sound-bites our broadcast media system chooses to amplify, or will it be remembered for the sound-blasts that our networked internet media system chooses to share and spread? Will broadcast's need for a simple narrative continue to dumb-down our politics? Can the abundant spaces of the internet enable enough Americans to think about complex issues like race in depth? Those are the questions on my mind as I ponder the aftermath of Obama's big speech.

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