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    Sizing Up Which Presidential Campaigns Are #Winning in Twitter Influence

    May 31, 2012 10:37 PM EDT

    As part of an ongoing series on how candidates use social media this election season, Margaret Warner and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how influential the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns are on Twitter. They also examine John Edwards' standing in the Twittersphere. ... JUDY ...

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    Twitter #Hashtags a #DoubleEdgedSword for #Obama, #Romney Campaigns

    May 03, 2012 10:21 PM EDT

    As part of an ongoing series on how candidates and surrogates use social media this election season, Ray Suarez and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss the role of Twitter and hashtags to spread or co-opt campaign messages from President Obama and Mitt Romney ...

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    Recap a Twitter Chat With the NewsHour on Virginia, Maryland Politics

    Apr 12, 2012 12:34 PM EDT

    ... deal, while things are not so clear cut in Maryland. Politics reporter-producer Katelyn Polantz and I chatted on Friday under the hashtag #DividedByDC on Twitter. Read after the jump to read a recap of the chat, and be sure to let us know what other politics topics you want ...

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    Health Care Twitter Chat Recap

    Mar 27, 2012 04:55 PM EDT

    ... historic three days of arguments about whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act is constitutional from Monday, March 26, to Wednesday, March 28. NewsHour hosted a Twitter chat on Tuesday March 27 from 1 - 2 p.m. ET with experts in the field to answer your submitted questions. The guests were ...

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    Facebook, Twitter Not Dominating News Landscape Just Yet

    Mar 19, 2012 04:39 AM EDT

    The importance of using social media to promote a news organization's journalism is pretty much a given in any newsroom these days, but as popular as Facebook and Twitter are, they do not seem to be driving as much traffic to news websites as one would think. That's ...

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    Examining the Romney Campaign's 'Active, Snarky' Use of Twitter

    Feb 16, 2012 11:30 PM EDT

    ... HOWARD KURTZ: Well, I was going say it was hour-by-hour warfare, but that would be way too slow for the hyperspeed world of Twitter. They're trying to reach political junkies, but they're also trying to reach journalists, most of whom are on Twitter and are using ...

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    Global Health Twitter Roundup

    Sep 16, 2011 03:08 PM EDT

    Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week, and be sure to send us your suggestions! Follow our global health unit on Twitter. View "Twitter Round Up ...

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    Twitter Town Hall Showcases Social Media's Political Potential

    Jul 06, 2011 10:03 PM EDT

    ... CECILIA KANG: Yes. JEFFREY BROWN: And it's on a very high stage on something like this. So... CECILIA KANG: There was little downside for Twitter today. Twitter won from this. Twitter got perhaps one of the biggest endorsement of its technology from the president of the United States, showed ...

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    @BarackObama Responds to Jobs, Deficit Questions in First Twitter Town Hall @WhiteHouse

    Jul 06, 2011 04:19 PM EDT

    ... block} Immigrant entrepreneurs can build companies and create jobs for US workers. Will you support a startup visa program? #askobamaless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet ReplySinaensina The president used a question on immigrant entrepreneurs to renew calls for comprehensive immigration reform. "What I want to ...

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    Obama to Host Twitter Town Hall

    Jul 06, 2011 12:38 PM EDT

    The White House, @whitehouse, will host its first Twitter town hall. Wednesday, the medium is the message. Sure, President Obama may use his 2 p.m. ET Twitter event to move the ball rhetorically on the deficit talks, but his hosting of the first ever White House town hall on ...