The Phoenix Finds our Videos

Submitted by Ofer Inbar on Wed, 08/09/2006 - 8:22pm.
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The Boston Phoenix went looking for campaign videos on YouTube, the online video sharing service. They noted that a couple of other progressive campaigns had posted videos,

But the real video savant this election year is John Bonifaz, the voting-rights advocate who’s challenging Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin in the Democratic primary.

“YouTube is another step forward in the power of the Internet,” said Bonifaz campaign manager Juan Martinez. “It’s a great way to reach out to voters and to spread information, to get people more politically active and educate people about politics in general.”

And about John Bonifaz in particular — even when YouTubers are looking for information about his opponent. If you search for Bill Galvin, the site displays two videos about … wait for it … John Bonifaz.

[The Phoenix's screenshot of Bonifaz videos on YouTube]

Here's the screenshot from the Phoenix - click on it to see the video search they did. The reason John's videos show up is that each video's description has a brief intro to who John is and what he's up with, including this sentence: "His opponent in the September 19th primary is incumbent Bill Galvin." It turns out that these are the only two videos on YouTube currently that have the words "Bill Galvin" in their descriptions.

Have you seen John Bonifaz's convention speech & convention video yet? Go ahead, play them now!