President Obama Fails Twitter

Ericka Andersen / July 07, 2011

President Obama made history yesterday by becoming the first President to tweet live at a nationally televised event. But does one tweet – or even a complete Twitter townhall — mean the President is truly communicating openly and fairly with the American public?

The Twitter Townhall hosted by Twitter and the White House yesterday was a botched attempt to suggest that President Obama is truly reaching out to everyday Americans on their level. Judging by the small selection of questions — one of which came from Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), another from a popular columnist and even one from the President himself — and his choice to answer users’ questions via video rather than keypad, it is clear this event was merely theatrics. (more…)