The Republican Party and at least two outside political-spending groups reportedly used anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data in the months leading up to this year’s midterm elections. Tweets posted to the accounts — one of which was named after the fictional West Wing character Bruno Gianelli, who attempted to fund campaigns with possibly unethical cash — appeared as unintelligible streams of numbers to the untrained eye. “CA-40/43-44/49-44/44-50/36-44/49-10/16/14-52–>49/476-10s” is one example cited.
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GOP Caught With Fingers in the Twitter Jar
Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 18, 2014 12:20 PMThe Republican Party and at least two outside political-spending groups reportedly used anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data in the months leading up to this year’s midterm elections. Tweets posted to the accounts — one of which was named after the fictional West Wing character Bruno Gianelli, who attempted to fund campaigns with possibly unethical cash — appeared as unintelligible streams of numbers to the untrained eye. “CA-40/43-44/49-44/44-50/36-44/49-10/16/14-52–>49/476-10s” is one example cited.