Hack the Debate 192 items | updated May 9 2012

Current & Twitter have teamed up for the very first time to integrate real-time Twitter messages (aka "tweets") over major portions of a live television broadcast.

Hack the Debate by adding your Twitter posts to our live broadcast of the 2008 Presidential Debates.

We will broadcast as many of your debate tweets as possible right over Obama & McCain, in real time, on our live broadcast.




How to PARTICIPATE:
  1. 1. Tune in on September 26th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current TV on your local cable/satellite provider or come here to watch the live stream of our broadcast.
  2. 2. Make sure you’ve registered with Twitter to participate.
  3. 3. During the debates, chime in by including "#current" in your tweet. Example:
    "This discussion about universal healthcare makes me want to pop some pills! #current"
  4. 4. We won't be able to air every single tweet on TV, but you can see all of the #current tweets by searching #current on Twitter search.
  5. 5. If you have any questions about participating, send us a tweet @current.
    • cloris leachman
      watchin' mccain is like watchin cloris leachman on DANCES W/THE STARS....
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  4
    • Concrete Solution
      That's what we need to hear and not generalities. #current
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • debate
      protection for the taxpayer means protection for big oil #current
      by 3 years ago  |  6
    • Let Nader in
      where is Nader, let him debate #current
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • Choose Your Vice: Biden vs. Palin - video
      Here's a short video with some facts about the two Vice President candidates. Shoutouts to GOOD Magazine! Enjoy!
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  0
    • Swing(er) States: Obama vs. McCain - video
      Note: If the video doesn't load, click the link above... This is a very educational and funny look at the keys to taking the swing states. I wonder if McCain...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  2
    • Last week on Current.com - 9/29-10/5 - video
      Hey everyone, welcome to Monday...or mid-Monday. It's time, once again, to wrap up what went down in the Current community last week, so let's jump right...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  0
    • The View from Abroad: Who Won the Debate?
      During the run up to the vice presidential debate, there was much media and blogosphere speculation as how Governor Sarah Palin might handle the debate, whether or...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  7
    • Big audience for Joe Biden-Sarah Palin TV debate
      Who's running for president, anyway? Far more people watched Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on television than...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  0
    • Problems with Hack the Debate.
      Let me preface this by saying that I love current and it has been instrumental in allowing me to hear all sorts of views on nearly everything. The best comments are...
      by 3 years ago  |  26
    • Were some of these people even watching the VP Debate I watched??????
      Who 'anyone' can say that Biden even remotely came close to winning the Debate tonight 'must' have blinders on!,, She was able to show just how...
      by 3 years ago  |  13
    • Oil Ties???
      I wonder if Palin has any financial ties to oil in Alaska? Does anyone know? I mean other than she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to...
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • OMG
      OMG
      hey people this really is not a joke! You want this folksy hick to run our country??!!#current
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • OMG
      OMG
      hey people this really is not a joke! You want this folksy hick to run our country??!!#current
      by 3 years ago  |  0
    • bored
      this whole thing is gay. my gf is making me watch it
      by 3 years ago  |  0
    • Islamislame like McCains no shame in Palin
      Thought it was interesting that Sarah told Biden that for his wife's involvement with teaching she would be rewarded in heaven. She is way out of touch with...
      by 3 years ago  |  4
    • go sarah
      go sarah if we get obama in the white house im either going to puke die or cry GO MCCAIN/PALIN sarah be yourself and you and mccain will win YAH!!!!!
      by 3 years ago  |  2
    • !!!!!!!!!
      Biden spoke of filling in NATO forces in Palestine...does the American public even know what this means? It means drawing down in Iraq and sending troops to...
      by 3 years ago  |  1
    • McCain n Bush,   2 much alike for me
      im 22 years old, with a newborn baby, shes 1 month old. i build houses for a living but was recently laid off, due to the current status of our economy, and because...
      by 3 years ago  |  5
    • McCain has no plans for education
      He has no standings on education...just stay the course..the crappy course
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  1
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