{"id":113617,"date":"2019-01-13T21:22:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T01:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=113617"},"modified":"2019-01-15T06:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T10:01:09","slug":"while-twitter-suppresses-the-alt-right-media-with-a-vengeance-they-promote-ocasio-into-the-stratosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=113617","title":{"rendered":"While Twitter suppresses the Alt Right Media with a vengeance, they promote Ocasio into the stratosphere."},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has more Twitter power than media, establishment<\/h1>\n

Neal Rothschild, Mike Allen
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A freshman congresswoman who has held office for less than two weeks is dominating the Democratic conversation on Twitter, generating more interactions \u2014 retweets plus likes \u2014 than the five most prolific news organizations combined over the last 30 days.<\/p>\n

The big picture:\u00a0<\/strong>Alexandria\u00a0<\/strong>Ocasio-Cortez is miles behind President Trump in the influence of her Twitter account. But he’s the president \u2014 she’s a new member of Congress who shot out of a cannon following the midterm elections. And she has far more power on Twitter than the most prominent Democrats, including the congressional leaders and the likely 2020 presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

Ben Thompson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 founder of\u00a0Stratechery<\/a>, and one of the most pioneering online thinkers \u2014 points out that neither Ocasio-Cortez’s “background nor her position as a first-time representative are … noteworthy enough to be driving the national political conversation. And yet\u00a0she is doing exactly that.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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