Deletes of the Week: Presidential campaigns on Twitter
A presidential campaign launches in 1880. Image via the Library of Congress.As more 2016 presidential contenders transition to official candidates, they become tracked by Politwoops. Their digital...
View ArticleDeletes of the Week: Don't automate tweets, write them
Despite the fact that nearly every member of Congress is on Twitter, Politwoops shows there are still those who awkwardly cut corners — with poor results.Sometimes it takes a deeply unfortunate mistake...
View ArticleDeletes of the Week: Jeb Bush joins the big leagues — and Politwoops
(Photo credit: Gabe Skidmore/Flickr)On Wednesday, former governor Jeb Bush, R-Fla., uttered the magic words: "I'm running for president in 2016." The statement, recorded by NBC News, is enough for...
View ArticleDeletes of the Week: From 'Let Our Congress Tweet' to Politwoops, we've come...
View from House floor deleted after member learned it broke the rules. Image via Politwoops.Since the U.S. version of Politwoops began nearly three years ago, it's enabled journalists to sift through...
View ArticleDeletes of the Week: The civic impact of Politwoops
The U.S. version of Politwoops is sadly enduring an outage that's causing a lack of new deletions on the site, but it's a good opportunity to review the reporting the project has enabled.From the...
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