Obama talks to YouTube celebrities, Harry Reid recovers from an accident, etc

Obama's YouTube Moment, Harry Reid's Return Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered January 23, 2015
Obama's YouTube Moment, Harry Reid's Return

On the Webcast Extra, Alexis Simendinger reports on President Obama's round of interviews with YouTube personalities and the administration's digital approach to get the State of the Union message out. While the viewership of the speech itself was down, the White House hopes to further their reach. But as Simendinger says, engagement is not necessarily persuasion.

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