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Conservative dominance was especially troubling for the campaign of [[Barack Obama]]. The Obama campaign loved to take full advantage of social networking to get their message out to the masses. Nearly every time Team Obama promoted a hashtag, such as #dontdoublemyrate, conservatives would hijack the message.<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gen44-conservatives-usurp-obamas-twitter-hashtag-again/ #GEN44: CONSERVATIVES USURP OBAMA’S TWITTER HASHTAG…AGAIN, The Blaze, March 25, 2012]</ref> A quick search would result in thousands of satirical responding tweets drowning out the Obama campaign's message with mockery.
Conservative dominance was especially troubling for the campaign of [[Barack Obama]]. The Obama campaign loved to take full advantage of social networking to get their message out to the masses. Nearly every time Team Obama promoted a hashtag, such as #dontdoublemyrate, conservatives would hijack the message.<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gen44-conservatives-usurp-obamas-twitter-hashtag-again/ #GEN44: CONSERVATIVES USURP OBAMA’S TWITTER HASHTAG…AGAIN, The Blaze, March 25, 2012]</ref> A quick search would result in thousands of satirical responding tweets drowning out the Obama campaign's message with mockery.
Twitter's head Jack Dorsey has admitted that his company is "left-leaning."<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29829-twitter-admits-leaning-left-denies-censoring-conservatives Twitter Admits Leaning Left; Denies Censoring Conservatives]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref>
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