A long strange trip, ONDCP on YouTube

In what I *think* is a case of a government agency attempting to access the power of YouTube, the White House based Office of National Drug Control Policy has placed anti-drug messages on YouTube.

Here is one of the videos:

Is anyone else aware of gov't agencies officially placing material on YouTube? Does this strike you as a good idea? Why or why not?

I wonder what will happen when people invariably tag protest or raunchy videos with ODNCP tags?

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ONDCP propaganda

Submitted by whig (not verified) on Wed, 2006-09-20 00:39.

They have re-uploaded the videos with no ability to comment or rate them. Of course this does not prevent us from linking them (as you have) and commenting on our blogs.

Here's one example: Propaganda: Transformation

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