Obama’s Twitter Town Hall: Dorsey lobs hardball questions

Barack Obama sent his first tweet since announcing he would begin personally updating his social media accounts rather than have a campaign staff member do it.

The tweet was sent today during Obama’s Twitter Town Hall live broadcast hosted by Twitter Executive Chairman Jack Dorsey. The event let citizens ask the president questions by adding the #AskObama hash tag to the end of their message.

The tweet, sent from the White House’s official account, restated … Continue Reading

Hacked Fox News Twitter account claimed Obama had been assassinated

Fox News on Monday said that its Fox News Politics Twitter account had been hacked after the account falsely posted that President Obama had been shot and killed while campaigning in Iowa. President Obama is celebrating July 4 at a barbecue with military families at the White House.

One of several Obama-related tweets in the early morning hours of July 4 read:

“BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It’s … Continue Reading

Obama’s Twitter account: Now with 100 percent more president

Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign announced today that the president himself would be updating his Facebook and Twitter accounts heading into 2012.

“We’re turning a page on the President’s Facebook account. From now on, Obama 2012 staff will use this account to keep you up to date not just on what the President’s doing every day, but on how millions of supporters around the country are building this campaign,” members of Obama’s campaign wrote via … Continue Reading