Politics Easy As ABC For Facebook

Facebook and ABC News have teamed up to encourage political debate between voters and news reporters.

The formal partnership between the US broadcaster and the social networking site will enable Facebook members to follow the latest reports on next year’s presidential election and take part in a range of polls.

But the most exciting part of the project for voters will no doubt be the debates where members can post their thoughts directly to political journalists from ABC News.

ABC news president David Westin told the New York Times (NYT): “There are debates going on at all times within Facebook, this allows us to participate in those debates, both by providing information and by learning from the users.”

The NYT reports that the collaboration provides Facebook with an “authoritative source” and allows ABC to distribute its political content to a potential audience of 56 million active users.