GOP Tweet Fail on Racism

First the someone at the Republican National Committee Tweeted this

RNC ‏@GOP10h

Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/uxIj1QmtkU

Then after a lot of comments on Twitter and else where that were either mocking or outraged someone at the Republican National Committee Tweeted this

RNC ‏@GOP7h

Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism."

And, now some 7 hours later it is still an issue on Twitter, Facebook and on blogs across the interwebs.

Jamie Kilstein ‏@jamiekilstein12m

I don't know why people were mad that @gop said racism was over. Things have been great for white people. Thats who I assume they meant.

It is true; once something is posted on the internet it never really disappears.

Was the original Tweet a mistake or are the Republican's still trying to convince the American people that because we have a black President this nations problems with race are over?

Are the Republican's trying to convince their base and others that their drive for voter suppression is not based on race?

Or was it a legitimate misstatement by someone either too stupid or with too much hubris to be bothered to check his or her work before hitting the publish button?

And lest we forget some other resent GOP comments on race there are these insightful and thoughtful comments from the party's leading light Sarah Palin - which Washington Post Writer Jonathan Capehart re-caps quite nicely.

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The Power of a Tweet - Nielsen Enters the Modern World

The venerable TV ratings company Nielsen is beginning to monitor and count tweets  as a way of determining a true level of a television program's popularity and assign it a rating.

Ratings are the lifeblood of the TV business.  They determine if a show is getting enough viewers to keep on the air and they help determine the advertising rates a network will charge advertisers.


Since so many people do not watch programs when they are actually being presented but at a later date and time.  Many network executives were beginning not putting as much weight behind the Nielsen reporting and were looking at other sources for viewership information. By counting tweets and possibly other social media forums Nielsen can now report to the networks what people are saying about a program and how much buzz a program gets during the original broadcast or whenever a viewer chooses to watch the show.


Social media is transforming this world if you are not part of you will surely be left behind.

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