Political Freelancers Use Web to Join the Attack, NY Times.

The better-circulated political videos have generally come from people with some production experience. One of the most widely seen anti-Obama videos was created by Jason Mitchell, who produces evangelical Christian programming in Durham, N.C.

A conservative-leaning version of YouTube called Eyeblast.tv has recorded millions of hits on the video. But as is often the case with such videos, how many of the viewers come to sneer rather than applaud is hard to tell.

Republicans Offer Online Lunchtime Chats To Answer Convention Questions, Wired.

The planners for the Republican national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul are answering questions online via live video-stream about the logistics of the event, which is taking place between September 1-4.