Politicos embrace podcasting - Los Angeles Times

Politicos embrace podcasting - Los Angeles Times

It makes perfect sense that politicians and pundits are embracing the new medium, in which audio files are downloaded from the Internet to an iPod, MP3 player or similar device. Podcasting, many politicians say, gives them direct access to their constituents and allows them to talk to voters without a “media filter.” It also allows them to reach an audience that otherwise would not have the time or inclination to sit at a computer for the reports — particularly technology-savvy young voters, a key demographic in nearly all elections.”So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age,” says former Rep. Chris Bell, who is running for governor of Texas as a Democrat. Since April, he has recorded three podcasts.

This article makes me wish that I had invested in an iPod instead of my iRiver MP3 player and XM radio in my car. Even with XM I find myself looking for things, but with podcasting you can choose what you listen to and have it available when you want it. As more alternatives are offered I suspect more people will be tuning in …. but how do you tune an iPod

7 September, 2005 |

1 comment to “Politicos embrace podcasting - Los Angeles Times”

DigitalScribe, September 7th, 2005 at 6:20 pm:

• ipodder.org is an interesting resource for podcasting portals, as well as a simple search query performed via Google.

  Podcasting is, indeed, the wave of the future.

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