CNN and Facebook team up to cover Obama State of the Union

Published on February 20, 2009 by David Castillo · No Comments

CNN.com will partner with Facebook on February 24 to cover President Barack Obama?s much-anticipated State of the Union Address via online streaming.

The two online networks collaborated during the President?s inauguration last January. CNN.com visitors will be able to stream the coverage live and comment through their Facebook status-updating tool. All of that will be featured on one single page.

Viewers will be notified of the coverage from their Facebook News Feeds.

Communal web viewing will be available day and night. CNN?s coverage/analysis and analysis will run all the way through midnight. Plus, web viewers have exclusive access to John King?s analysis. King will answer questions from viewers and CNN iReporters.

Viewers will be able to comment throughout the coverage via their Facebook platform.

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