Current TV to Broadcast Tweets During Debates

Current TV is handing over feedback on the upcoming presidential debates to those who make up so much of the network’s programming: its audience.

During the debates, the network bent on viewer-created content will broadcast Twitter messages — or “tweets” — from viewers. In close to real time, Current will display comments on the screen while John McCain and Barack Obama face off.

It’s an all the more interesting new kind of interactivity in political discourse given that Current was co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore.

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