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Britain’s first ‘X-Factor’ election
First-ever televised leaders’ debates fight with social media in battle for voters’ attention.
4 May 2010
Millions of voters in the UK have been watching the country’s first-ever televised leaders’ debates ahead of this week’s general election.
The debates have given a boost to the so-called old media of television as it battles with the rise of new media such as twitter to gain voters’ attention.
Hamish Macdonald reports from London.
Source : Al Jazeera
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