There seems to be a concern for the use of new media, primarily YouTube, as a means for presidential candidates to campaign. Because there a numerous political spoofs created by various users of YouTube, it can be hard to determine what a candidate truly stands for. While Obama has been known for posting real stances on issues in YouTube videos, his bias can be turned around in an overly bias video for the opposite candidate by a spoof. We need to realize that the purpose of YouTube as a medium is primarily that of entertainment. The majority of the videos available to viewers are entertaining, sensational, or funny things people catch on camera, such as laughing babies, freak accidents, and music videos. It seems inevitable that such spoofs were created on a site dedicated to entertainment. The only way to solve the bias associated with the videos is to make actual campaign ads have some sort of approval by the candidate visible and for spoofs to allow viewers to access the real information. This seems somewhat impossible to me to implement because of the large number of users of such websites as YouTube, so maybe people should start considering what information they take seriously. I mean, it's just YouTube, should we really be that concerned about its affect in something as serious as a presidential election?
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