Thursday, September 18, 2014

State Dept.’s #AskJen Twitter campaign goes awry


The US State Department asked social media users to supply spokesperson Jen Psaki with questions over Twitter on Thursday, but the office’s attempt at engaging its audience predictably became plagued with insults and attacks.

Although the State Dept.’s “Ask Jen” campaign attracted a fair share of legitimate questions — the likes of which the spokesperson indeed answered by the handful as of early afternoon — the online Q-and-A also spawned a significant amount of remarks far from fit for a stately discussion.

Shortly after the session got underway, one critic raised concerns over the screen name associated with the State Dept. spokesperson’s account .... http://rt.com/usa/