10 Questions

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Submitted by Lynn on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 3:26pm.

I am THRILLED! to announce that The New Homemaker is co-sponsoring an important effort to engage the public in the political process: 10Questions.com.

Supported by the New York Times editorial board, MSNBC.com and a multi-partisan group of blogs, 10Questions.com is doing what the CNN/YouTube debate should have done. Not only are the public submitting video questions for candidates of both parties, but the public is voting on which questions get asked. In the CNN version, CNN chose the questions--which is how we ended up with a snowman asking a question in a presidential debate. *rolling eyes*

It's also against the spirit of what video sharing communities are about. At YouTube and other video sites, the users vote videos up or down, deciding on a video's popularity themselves rather than depending on a gatekeeper.

I HIGHLY encourage you to submit questions, and/or vote on which questions should be asked of the candidates. Remember, these questions are going to be asked of both Republican and Democratic candidates. You'll find a banner at the top of our home page for the next 28 days and at the bottom you'll see the current top video. Check in to 10Questions.com often to see what your fellow citizens are thinking.



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10Questions.com.

Submitted by Dana @ Decorating Tricks (not verified) on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 2:36am.

That is a great news I will go to 10questions right now.

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What I forgot to add

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 12:13pm.

I read over at Afro-Netizen--one of the other co-sponsors--a great idea that I meant to include here:

If you are too shy to submit a question on video yourself, post it here or send it to me in email with a subject line including "10 Questions" so I know it's not spam. I will then record the question for you, so make sure you don't mind a dumpy little middle-aged gal representing you on video. Eye-wink

Also I didn't explain the process well enough for my satisfaction. Chris at Afro-Netizen summed it up well so I'm stealing his explanation verbatim:

ROUND 1

1. You ask a video question addressed to the presidential candidates (& upload it via YouTube, Blip.TV or Yahoo Video, tagging it with "10Questions").

2. You vote on the best questions. [Whether you submitted a question or not.--L]

3. The top ten questions get selected.

ROUND 2

1. The top ten questions are presented to the candidates.

2. Candidates post their video answers.

3. You decide if they actually answered the questions.

That last bit? That's my very favorite bit. The candidates are held accountable for their answers--or NON-answers.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

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