
Political Parodies: 'Mockery Can Be a Very Effective Tool'
Clip: 6/14/2012 | 6m 37s
Political Parodies on Twitter: 'Mockery Can Be a Very Effective Tool'
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 parody accounts of politicians and surrogates on Twitter and Pinterest are creating buzz online.
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Political Parodies: 'Mockery Can Be a Very Effective Tool'
Clip: 6/14/2012 | 6m 37s
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 parody accounts of politicians and surrogates on Twitter and Pinterest are creating buzz online.
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