Obama's BlogTalkRadio Appearance Attracts Thousands
President Barack Obama took to the online airwaves Wednesday evening, discussing health-care reform with religious leaders on BlogTalkRadio, a Web radio platform.
The talk, called “40 Minutes for Health Reform,” attracted 140,000 live listeners and more than 153,000 downloads as of 12:45 p.m. EST Thursday, a BlogTalkRadio spokesman said. He said the total audience could be as big as 500,000 in the coming days.
The address follows other online efforts by the administration to get their message out. Last week, it launched “Reality Check,” a section of its site that features videos by White House officials such as Christina Romer and Melody Barnes in which they address rumors and concerns about the health initiatives.
