Two freshman members of Congress are starring in their own Web reality show on CNN.com.
Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) are the stars of "Freshman Year," a weekly series chronicling their first year in office. Most of the content is produced by the members themselves: Each carries a high-definition Flip video camera and writes essays for the show.
As to why they chose Polis and Chaffetz, CNN.com spokeswoman Jennifer Martin told The Hill, "The team was just looking for compelling biographies and contrasting backgrounds. As it turned out
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Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) is broadcasting text and video updates to the web of House Republicans' efforts--launched from a a darkened House chamber--to continue the debate over comprehensive energy legislation.
Republican leaders stayed in the House chamber today after a resolution passed at approximately 11:30 a.m. adjourning the House for the August recess. They continued to blast Democratic leadership for not scheduling a vote on allowing offshore drilling, remaining on the floor even after the lights, microphones, and C-Span cameras were cut.
Since Republicans refused to adjourn Friday, Culberson has been posting sentence-long updates to his Twitter page more or less constantly.
One entry, dated at approximately noon on Friday, encourages readers to
Internet giant Google rebuffed Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Conn.) request Tuesday to remove internet video content produced by terrorist organizations, claiming the action would stifle the "free speech" the Google-owned site YouTube encourages.
On its blog, the company said that while it "respects his views" it disagrees with Lieberman "about the details of our policies."
"YouTube encourages free speech and defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. We believe that YouTube is a richer and more relevant platform for users precisely because it hosts a diverse range of views, and rather than stifle debate we allow our users to view all acceptable content and make up their own minds," the company replied.
In the letter Lieberman sent Monday, he asked Google to "immediately remove content produced by Islamist terrorist organizations from YouTube."
"Islamist terrorist organizations use YouTube to disseminate their propaganda, enlist followers, and provide weapons training
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Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) gets all wonky about the possibilities of the Internet in a YouTube video filmed at the World Economic Forum.
Baird, asked after attending a discussion on different visions of the global economy, environment and technology in 2025, said that the Internet has the potential to lead people in opposite directions.
"On the one hand, one can immerse themselves in narrow-mindedness, paranoia, and divisiveness, that is happening politically," he said. "On the other hand, it allows you to communicate with people in new ways. If we used the hyperlinked world to open our minds, to communicate messages of tolerance and improve our understanding, it might help us get to the multipolar world."
Baird, speaking at the forum in Sharm El-Shaikh, Egypt, goes on to talk about the need to do more about the environment and recognize the need to protect natural resources.
Watch Baird below, and read more about the "hyperlinked," "sustainable" and "multipolar" worlds Baird talks about here. (The positive visions of the world, put forth by forum organizers, have garnered some skepticism from McClatchy reporter Hannah Allam.)
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