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	<title><![CDATA[The MTV/MySpace Debates: A New Participatory Democracy or Just More Sound Bites?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-marks/the-mtvmyspace-debates-a-_b_61612.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Today <a href="http://www.myspace.com/">MySpace</a> and <a href="http://www.mtv.com/chooseorlose/">MTV</a> announced the details of the presidential candidate forums <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567687/20070823/id_0.jhtml">they will hold</a> this fall. Hosted on college campuses across the country, broadcast on MTV and streamed live on MySpace, the forums seek to foster "candid, unfiltered" discussions between young voters and the major Republican and Democratic candidates.</p>

<p>The blogosphere seems abuzz with optimism about the forums, the latest evidence that 2008 won't be your mother and father's election. "MTV and MySpace have hit up an...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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