Meg: Eww, Rove Is Twitter-Stalking Me!

Overreaction part of 'infuriating' double standard on racy pix

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain can’t believe the “immediate and nasty overreaction” to her post of a “funny and silly” self-portrait. She admits that posting a photo showing off her cleavage “is not the smartest thing I have ever done. But it’s just not worth the drama it caused”—and shows some ugly truths about how society treats the female body. More»

Guess what part of that picture got everyone's attention? Hint: Not the book

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain’s latest “controversy” is over a picture of herself—one particular part of herself being more prominent than anything else—she posted on Twitter last night. The photo (at left) is being alternately slammed and defended by commenters, the Detroit Free Press reports. Arguably the best comment of the bunch: “You should put a pink bow over this photo and call it a tribute to breast cancer awareness month.” More»

Someone, please, delete her account

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain is “too undisciplined and impulsive” to handle Twitter, writes the Cajun Boy on Gawker following yet another of McCain's 140-character tirades. The enemy this time? Brian Williams, who “had the audacity to lower his head ever so slightly in a blatant act of deference” at the end of an interview with President Obama for his NBC special, leading McCain to rant, “Brian Williams bowed to Obama? WTF.” More»

Rove, McCaskill, others make microblogging look useful

(NEWSER) - To the unconverted, Twitter seems about as useful as a Snuggie, writes Patrick Gavin in Politico, but some DC movers and shakers are making the microblogging site work for them. Here’s his top 10:

1. Karl Rove: More than 11,000 have signed up for quick glimpses into Bush’s Brain.
2. Claire McCaskill: Personal, off the cuff, and open, she’s Congress’s best tweeter.
3. David Gregory: Questions pols and interacts with fans.

Lamar Smith seems unfazed by powerful opponents to piracy bill

(NEWSER) - Rep. Lamar Smith, author of the fiercely controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, doesn't sound like he's bothered much by the heated opposition from e-powerhouses such as Facebook, Google, Reddit, and Twitter. "It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don't want to protect American consumers and businesses," the Texas Republican tells Reuters . The SOPA bill, which would authorize the government to seek federal injunctions against foreign-based websites suspected of piracy, is still in committee hearings and could reach the House floor in a few weeks. More»