Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Who is Anthony Weiner Following on Twitter?

http://images.politico.com/global/news/110531_anthony_weiner_twitter_fbi_ap_328.jpgABC News’ Devin Dwyer (@devindwyer) reports:  Rep. Anthony Weiner, like most politicians with profiles on Twitter, maintains a selective list of people whose tweets he officially follows.
The New York Democrat, who is followed by more than 49,500 constituents, fans and friends, himself only follows 198 Twitter users, according to his profile page.  Most of those are journalists, political figures, professional athletes and Hollywood stars.
But a handful of users that Weiner is following appear to belong to young, attractive women –- a fact that has raised some eyebrows.
Several of the women spoke out this morning, disavowing any contact with the congressman.
One woman, identified as @Puccaxpink describes herself in her profile as a "nerdy/tomboyish chick but with a penchant for fashion & all things fabulous." She tweeted that she hasn't had any contact with the congressman.
"It's unfair for all the females he follows to be branded as Lolitas, which is what many articles are insinuating,” she said. 
@fermdennytraci, an "asthetician, political junkie, Obama supporter and major cat lover," tweeted Weiner directly: "U follow hubby and I. Contacted by NyTimes about a possible story. Told them we havnt had any interactions. No story."
Washington State college student Gennette Cordova, the recipient of a lewd photo posted to Weiner's Twitter account on Friday, explained that she began following Weiner after seeing him on a Fox News program two months ago.
"Actually I became a fan after I saw him demolish Bachmann on Hannity about 2 months ago," she tweeted from her account. "It was great."
Why did Weiner then turn around and “follow” Cordova back?
He explained to reporters Tuesday that he occasionally reaches out publicly to his lengthy list of electronic friends to ask if they want to be followed.
"#WeinerYes. It should answer that question," Weiner said yesterday, referring to a message recipients could tweet back to confirm their interest.
Most recently, the congressman tweeted on May 13: "Thanks so much for following me. Would you like me to follow you? Use #WeinerYes."
Two days later, he tweeted again:  "Thanks for all the #WeinerYes tweets. Now I'm #WeinerSwamped. I'm gonna do some #WeinerFollowingYou adds today."

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