1984 Attack Ad Against Hillary Clinton

A myriad of Internet sentiment analysis applications are emerging such as monitoring blogs for coverage, tone polarity and semantic categorization of pretty much anything from consumer brands, to products and services, events, generic entities and of course individuals including celebrities and politicians. There is a shift underway from few-to-many to many-to-many publishing models resulting in an explosion of consumer-generated media. 44% of Internet users are content creators (PEW), and an increasing ratio of search engine's top results are now user-authored content. Brand owners are losing control over their message. The release of this anti Hillary Clinton video on YouTube clearly demonstrates it is also ... Read Full Story

A company called Blue State Digital has fired an employee responsible for the now famous 1984 Hillary Clinton attack ad. The ad has circulated widely on YouTube and is a "Big Brother" spoof video. Now get this - it's been viewed online more than one million times. As the 1984 ad has gained popularity, bloggers have been calling for the identity of the person who created and posted the video. All's been silent, till now. Blue State Digital is currently working for the Barack Obama campaign - and Barack himself claimed that he wasn't responsible for the attack ad. So... did the Barack camp ... Read Full Story

I guess we don't yet have enough information to judge - there are a number of factors that could sway my opinion one way or another. For instance, did de Vellis use company equipment to create the video?  Did he post the video to YouTube from the office via their Internet connection and IP?  Was he at all influenced by the team of people working directly on the Barack Obama campaign? If Phillip de Vellis really created this video from home, on his own personal computer and without using Blue State Digital's equipment, IP, or content... well, seems like he might have a case ... Read Full Story

When asked about the 1984 ad, Hillary Clinton said that she’s “pleased” that the video is “taking attention away from what used to be on YouTube and getting a lot of hits – namely me singing ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’ Everybody in the world now knows I can't carry a tune.” A pretty witty and fun response   Read Full Story

Obama, Myspace, and GOP Misinformation Recently blogs and newspapers have been buzzing about how the Barack Obama campaign took over the http://wwww.myspace.com/barackobama url from an Obama fan who started the page back in 2005. While the story is about whether the Obama campaign bullied the volunteer, the bigger story is about the way Republicans and Obama’s Democratic critics are using this as an attempt at misinformation...... more Read Full Story