With a focus on social media blunders, Twitter gaffes, and Facebook faux pas, we’ll be profiling one politician, political figure, organization, or candidate who has committed one of the social media sins in our weekly series Social Slipups.
Last night, President Barack Obama addressed the Democratic National Convention, presenting his case for re-election. He set records, becoming the most “tweeted” political figure on the social network Twitter, driving 52,757 tweets per minute during his speech. The Democratic National Convention as a whole sparked over 9 million tweets with the hashtag #DNC2012.
Among the vast amount of tweets sent over the course of the three day convention, there had to be some social slipups, right? It caught ABC News’ Sr White House Correspondent Jake Tapper’s eye when Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, retweeted this:
Must be weird to be Simpson and Bowles watching these conventions, seeing these absentee fathers beam with pride.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 7, 2012
To which Tapper responded:
.@Reince you realize i said "conventionS" and was referring to Paul Ryan's misrepresentations on this as well, yes?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 7, 2012
A note to re-tweeters everywhere: Make sure to fully read a tweet before retweeting, because chances are the author of that tweet will see you, find you, and publicly humiliate you.