Google The Clear Winner In Monday's Event

I'm late to the post-YouTube-CNN debate party -- aptly dubbed a "quiz show" -- the mind has been willing, but the body, incapacitated. Before the event fades from memory, I have a few words on the subject.

You can complain about the TV production (like this) or go on about a clash of culture between "old" and "new" media. These discussions probably sound a lot like the gnashing of teeth in the early days of television. You know. When TV was going to "kill off" radio. (It didn't.)

The larger clash is much more fundamental than "Cable TV v YouTube." And it may be generational.

That clash is one of participatory culture versus consumed culture. It's active versus passive. It's a clash in values (intellectual property), power (gatekeepers) and personal expression (creativity).

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