Category: Video
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Press rush after Obama announcement
Here is the semi chaos that happened the press area at the Grant Park, Chicago, event last night. CNN called the election, and the press corps run to get closer to the crowd: Update: At the Obama press conference today, Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet said she was injured during the rush to get to…
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People start to vote in Chicago
I’ve been out and about in Chicago this morning visiting polling stations. Lots of other hacks around, and I took a couple of videos of voter opinions. Sound quality not great, so apologies. The polling station, in one of the bigger districts in Chicago: A woman exercises here right to vote on West Ontario street.…
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Bruce Springsteen booed in Cleveland?
When Barack Obama came on the stage last night and thanked The Boss for attending and singing, the crowd either shouted “boo” or “Bruce”. I’m not sure which, though being there in person it did sound more like boo. I’m not sure. You decide: Update: A viewer says it definitely was “Bruce” they were shouting.
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Bruce Springsteen sings for Obama in Cleveland (video)
A video of The Boss in action:
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At the Cleveland rally, right now
*** Will be updating this post during the evening *** LOL. Number 6 on Google for “Obama Cleveland rally” I’m at the Obama event in Cleveland, and wifi is available, unlike at the Virginia Beach rally. There is a huge crowd here. I tried to take photos of the queues to give some sense of…
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Obama in Virginia Beach – videos
I did a couple of quick videos at the rally, from the press gallery. Here is a sense of the crowd before Obama arrived on stage: In this one you can see the start of Obama’s speech, with the press looking on. The BBC was doing a live broadcast while I recorded. After the event…