The White House Hits Twitter, Facebook, MySpace

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2009 8:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – The White House is now tweeting, Facebooking, and showing off President Obama's hoops skills on MySpace, the Washington Post reports. Following a election run that relied on social networking sites, the Obama administration is attracting online friends and followers with regular updates. As of this... Read full story »

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