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Spanish Voters Hit YouTube

Hundreds query candidates, but site's influence still uncertain

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 20, 2008 10:28 AM CST

(Newser) – It's not only in the US that Internet video is changing politics: Ahead of Spain's neck-and-neck March 9 election hundreds of voters have posted questions for Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his opponent on YouTube. Zapatero has responded to several, Reuters reports,... Read full story »

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