Twit-In-Chief Now Using Twitter For White House Spin

Given that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs seems to get into trouble, often putting his foot in his mouth when he tries to speak in full sentences, I wonder if they didn't decide 140 characters was probably the most he could handle at one time? If Rahm is tweeting and you want to see it, you'll probably have to drop any profanity filters you may have installed. heh!

If you're PressSec - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' username on Twitter - you join the powerful social media platform and push your message across the Internet, 140 characters at a time.

Blending behind-the-scenes nuggets with a defense of President Barack Obama's record, White House and administration officials increasingly are communicating through Twitter.

The popular social network is operating as a Web-based clearinghouse for public statements on weighty subjects (the federal budget) and the mundane (personal grocery lists). It's similar to a bulletin board where anyone can post short notes and users cull the pieces they see by choosing to "follow" individuals' account.

Forget press releases. Gibbs and his deputy, Bill Burton, are now sharing news in Twitter messages. So far 33,000 people have signed up to follow Gibbs and more than 6,000 are tracking Burton. Those two officials have a ways to go to catch actor Ashton Kutcher and his 4.6 million followers.

Comments

[richard mcenroe]

Government of the post-it note, by the post-it note, for the post-it note.

[Mark L Harvey (aka Snooper)]

Twit-in-Chief!

ROFLMAO!

That was a good one.