Perhaps it’s because this has already been a long, drawn out election year, but politics and Utterz have always seemed to go hand-in-hand, side by each, as the all-in-one multimedia cross-posting functionality of Utterz empowers the on-the-spot citizen journalism we’ve witnessed en masse on numerous occasions, like:
- The instance of Ohio Voter Mugging in February when Ohio voters used Utterz to report voting problems & inaccuracies
- On Super Tuesday when we witnessed citizen journalists reporting live from voting centers and candidate rallies in the 24 states hosting caucuses and primaries
- In Philadelphia for Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary
- By Utterz Ambassador @nicolawells from FIRM (the Fair Immigration Reform Movement) reported live from the May Day immigration rights protests Thursday in Washington, DC
- By @lesliebradshaw & @IntelUtterz mobile posting live updates from Intel’s ISEF
- By @newmediajim with regular posts offering listeners and readers an insider’s look at Washington politics from behind the scenes
Now, as we age like fine wine, we’re seeing the marriage of Utterz & politics grow from a free and easy tool for citizen journalists covering politics to a multimedia mobile posting solution for the people at the center of political coverage.
Since Tuesday, a fiery debate has been raging in Washington, DC, after Texas Republican House member John Culberson (@JohnCulberson on Utterz) tweeted:
Wired’s Sarah Lai Stirland published a comprehensive blog post (Pelosi: New Bipartisan House Rules Won’t Quash Free Speech Online) yesterday detailing what TechPresident blogger Nancy Scola has termed the “Twitter Dome Scandal”.
What are your thoughts?
Should politicians be able to interact with their friends and followers, or mobile post updates for their constituency, the same way a citizen journalist can use Utterz to cross-post live updates to Flickr, Twitter, and YouTube?
Mr. Smith’s visit to Washington is only exciting, only riveting, only an embodiment of the American political system, and Americans are most moved when they can hear about it or witness it - John Lennon once sang “Gimme Some Truth”, one could argue the way politicians are using Twitter & Utterz does just this by removing the middle man.
All we want is the truth.