Twitter Taking Over D.C.

If not all lawmakers were 100 percent attentive during President Obama’s speech before Congress on Feb. 24, there’s a good reason.

D.C. has become a land of Twits–or perhaps the proper term is Twitterers.

The social-networking service Twitter has been around for a while, but it seems to have taken Washington’s political and media world by storm since the inauguration.

Karl Rove and Al Gore have been Twittering for some time, but news anchors in particular have recently discovered the service as a way to engage viewers in a more personal way. After she and other anchors lunched with Obama recently, Katie Couric Twittered the menu: “lobster bisque, striped bass, fruit confetti w/pound cake.”

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