Twitter scandal: a mess for Anthony Weiner, a lesson for Congress
monster beatsThe downside is that, for the moment at least, Congressman Weiner is answering question after frenzied question about one particular tweet – a lewd picture from the waist down of a boxer-clad man, sent from his Twitter account to a young follower who is not his wife. He says he did not send it and has hired an outside firm to help find out how his Twitter account was hacked or spammed. dr dre beats
beats headphones, “After all the enthusiasm from the 2008 election about the new social media, this is the kind of thing that will put a little chill into the atmosphere for members who are using this,” says Julian Zelizer, a congressional historian at Princeton University in New Jersey. “It’s a reminder that technology can very easily be turned against them.”
monster headphones, “If it is a hacker, it will show to legislators how easy it is to put a politician in a media frenzy by tapping into someone’s account and sending out a picture, a statement, who knows what else," adds Professor Zelizer. "When there is a scandal like this, politicians tend to remember it. They will think twice about this.” cheap beats by dre
