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Submitted: June 9, 2011 - 3:40pm
Originally published: June 9, 2011
Last updated: June 9, 2011 - 3:47pm
Originally published: June 9, 2011
Last updated: June 9, 2011 - 3:47pm
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Hill, The
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Emily Goodin
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Capitol Building, East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
According to TweetCongress, lawmakers cut back on their use of Twitter last week after Rep Anthony Weiner (D-NY) sent a lewd image of himself through the social network. It’s impossible to say whether the drop in tweeting by lawmakers is attributable to Weiner’s problems, and last week did include the Memorial Day holiday. Still, there was a significant drop in the number of tweets by lawmakers, who tweeted about 28 percent less the week of May 30 to June 3 than the previous week.
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