The White House branched out into yet another social media venue Tuesday. Upworthy, the popular you-won’t-believe-what-happened-next site, was given an exclusive White House video of President Obama discussing the executive action he plans to take to improve Internet speeds in U.S. cities. In true White House fashion, the Upworthy video and article were promoted with re-tweets on Twitter Tuesday night, such as this one from a women who gushed, “I love how tech savvy POTUS is — this video is awesome!”
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Similar to the free community college proposal from last week, the faster Internet pitch is a preview of an item the president plans to include in his 2015 State of the Union Address. In the video, the president discusses his upcoming trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the city that the president intends to hold forth as a model of the Internet done right:
The Upworthy article accompanying the video explains in true Upworthy fashion:
The article also takes a shot at current internet providers for being part of the problem:
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Incidentally, Open Secrets reports that the top two recipients of campaign donations from Comcast-related PACs and individuals in the 2012 election cycle were the DNC Services Corp. ($415,329) and Barack Obama ($328,128).
That’s politics, yo.
