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Political Parodies on Twitter: 'Mockery Can Be a Very Effective Tool' Details

 

Program: PBS NewsHour

Episode: Political Parodies: 'Mockery Can Be a Very Effective Tool'

As part of an ongoing series on how candidates use social media this election season, Margaret Warner and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how parody accounts of politicians and surrogates on Twitter and Pinterest are creating buzz online.

Duration: (6:37)
Premiere Date: 06/14/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: E


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