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Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter

Posted by samzenpus on from the type-slower dept.

tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."

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  1. Missing Character by Reason58 · · Score: 4, Informative
    This resulted from missing the last character when she was copying. From the reddit article 13 hours ago:

    Intended link:

    http://bit.ly/bNCAVr

    Posted link by the retweeter:

    http://bit.ly/bNCAV

    What a difference a character can make.

  2. Re:Somebody translate, please... by MrEricSir · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, Arnold can't run again. It's basically between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown.

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  3. Re:If this is the type of crime Meg wants to stop. by amicusNYCL · · Score: 2, Informative

    Jerry Brown is too soft on bass players!

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  4. Wrong country? by Etrigoth · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to his You-tube profile, this guy is from South Korea, not Japan ?

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    1. Re:Wrong country? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      He's playing Japanese music so it's an understandable mistake.