White House photos on Flickr
My personal favorite is the one at right, which shows the president and first lady watching the Super Bowl in 3D glasses. Thanks to a co worker at iReport for passing that along.
As Wonkette notes, Obama used a Flickr account during his campaign, but his photographer hadn posted any photos of his time in the White House until today.
Such fun, back in the day, when you could look at Barack Obama TMs Photostream on the Flickr. But then,
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The stream seems to reinforce the message that Obama is hip to social media,
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I find it interesting that celebrities and politicians seem to use these mediums to get closer to their fans and constituents. Never before could so many people talk so directly with famous people as they can now online. The Flickr photos also are a technological follow up to Obama national address where he took Internet questions and streamed the answers online in video format.
As a counterpoint, the UK Telegraph writes about how today milestone is merely another opportunity for the American media to gush about the president:the American media have already put Mr Obama on a pedestal. The sometimes cranky Washington Post columnist David Broder described the president 100 day sprint as bravura opening For Time Magazine (where Mr Obama is once again on the cover) the columnist Joe Klein described Mr Obama legislative achievements to date as listing the $789 billion stimulus bill, a budget plan that is still being hammered out and progress on a landmark safety net programme aimed at providing universal health insurance.
What do you think,
cards against humainty? Which photos are your favorites? Do you find politicians on social media to be genuine? Is it more than a PR stunt? Feel free to weigh in on this post with comments.