Stephanopoulos Lands McCain for 'Twitterview'

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2009 11:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is taking the next step with Twitter, he writes in his blog, landing Sen. John McCain for a 140-characters-at-a-time “Twitterview” on Tuesday. Stephanopoulos is also encouraging readers to send him questions for the Republican via the microblogging format that’s... Read full story »

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