Michelle Obama Sends Out Her First Tweet

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:50:24 +0000

CNN’s White House Correspondent Ed Henry convinced first lady Michelle Obama to send out her first tweet. She sent out her first tweet through his account @edhenrycnn between dessert and the comedy part of the dinner. Before Michelle sent out her first tweet, she had to get permission from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to make sure that her staff wouldn’t feel like they were blindsided. Henry passed his iPhone to Michelle and had her send out a tweet using the Tweetie 2 application.

Michelle sent out a tweet that said “from flotus: here at dinner this is officially my first Tweet. i am looking forward to some good laughs from the potus and jay.” Flotus stands for First Lady of the U.S. and potus stands for President of the U.S. [Holy Kaw]

Do Not Answer The Phone At A White House Press Conference

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:17:50 +0000

Earlier this week at the White House press briefing, several cellphones began to rang. The first phone belonged to John Gizzi and press secretary Robert Gibbs confiscated it. And then CBS’ Bill Plante’s phone rang and he stepped out of the room to take the call. Wow, these press guys are acting like they are high school kids again where Gibbs is the metaphorical teacher telling the kids to stop using their phones during class.

[via MediaBistro]

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