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CNN Live Today
'Web Talk'
Aired June 27, 2003 - 10:46 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: So, many people are using the Internet these days. And today, we started asking a new weekly feature, starting doing this new weekly feature, called "Web Talk." It's a chance to catch up on the stories and the issues that Web sites are generating the most attention from.
Regina Lewis is with AOL, which like CNN, is part of the AOL-Time Warner family. She joins us with the hot buzz that's happening on the Web, and there is quite a bit of it.
What are we hearing, Regina? Something about some models, huh?
REGINA LEWIS, AOL: This is really popular show on UPN. It's America's next top model. And as we've talked before, Heidi, reality TV always big online, particularly as the shows progress and people rally behind their favorites, right -- you were either a Clay fan or a Ruben fan. The other big phenomenon here is you can apply for these shows online. So when you go to that site, boom, it says, maybe you could be the next supermodel, apply here. and you can be sure a lot of people are after those forms.
COLLINS: Yes, I bet they are. OK, on a much more serious note, affirmative action, of course in college admission. How about this one? A lot of people checking in on this one, huh?
LEWIS: Absolutely. And the verdict was anything but affirmative when it came to public reaction online, all over the map. People really wanting to voice their opinions. And of course, the Internet gives you a forum to do that. I also think we'll see both the intensity and volume of discussions around this issue, around Medicaid, and other things that could affect the presidential election continue to spike.
COLLINS: And the high-profile cases that we have been see so much of in the last couple of days, people wanting to know the very latest in the developments of Scott Peterson, and then also this windshield death trial. Why do they go to the Internet for that?
LEWIS: Well, great question. When Chante Mallard testified, there were cameras in the courtroom, and what that means, particularly with the advent of high speed access, is that there is streaming video online. And, of course, it was very, very compelling footage. Once you start watching that, you almost can't stop.
I think on a related note, that's probably why Laci Peterson's family, one of the factors, in not wanting to have cameras in the courtroom. And of course that's a big part of that unfolding story. But on a relative basis, and I think this is why the video is so powerful and really can tip the scales. But right now, interest in the Chante Mallard case is outpacing interest in the Peterson case three to one.
COLLINS: All right, and we're going to be talking to you again in the next hour, Regina.
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Aired June 27, 2003 - 10:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: So, many people are using the Internet these days. And today, we started asking a new weekly feature, starting doing this new weekly feature, called "Web Talk." It's a chance to catch up on the stories and the issues that Web sites are generating the most attention from.
Regina Lewis is with AOL, which like CNN, is part of the AOL-Time Warner family. She joins us with the hot buzz that's happening on the Web, and there is quite a bit of it.
What are we hearing, Regina? Something about some models, huh?
REGINA LEWIS, AOL: This is really popular show on UPN. It's America's next top model. And as we've talked before, Heidi, reality TV always big online, particularly as the shows progress and people rally behind their favorites, right -- you were either a Clay fan or a Ruben fan. The other big phenomenon here is you can apply for these shows online. So when you go to that site, boom, it says, maybe you could be the next supermodel, apply here. and you can be sure a lot of people are after those forms.
COLLINS: Yes, I bet they are. OK, on a much more serious note, affirmative action, of course in college admission. How about this one? A lot of people checking in on this one, huh?
LEWIS: Absolutely. And the verdict was anything but affirmative when it came to public reaction online, all over the map. People really wanting to voice their opinions. And of course, the Internet gives you a forum to do that. I also think we'll see both the intensity and volume of discussions around this issue, around Medicaid, and other things that could affect the presidential election continue to spike.
COLLINS: And the high-profile cases that we have been see so much of in the last couple of days, people wanting to know the very latest in the developments of Scott Peterson, and then also this windshield death trial. Why do they go to the Internet for that?
LEWIS: Well, great question. When Chante Mallard testified, there were cameras in the courtroom, and what that means, particularly with the advent of high speed access, is that there is streaming video online. And, of course, it was very, very compelling footage. Once you start watching that, you almost can't stop.
I think on a related note, that's probably why Laci Peterson's family, one of the factors, in not wanting to have cameras in the courtroom. And of course that's a big part of that unfolding story. But on a relative basis, and I think this is why the video is so powerful and really can tip the scales. But right now, interest in the Chante Mallard case is outpacing interest in the Peterson case three to one.
COLLINS: All right, and we're going to be talking to you again in the next hour, Regina.
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