Sunday, September 23, 2012

‘Twitter King’ Clement had ghostwriter for online town hall

The Canadian Press Published Sunday, Sep. 23, 2012 1:28PM EDT Last Updated Sunday, Sep. 23, 2012 1:35PM EDT

OTTAWA — Tony Clement may be king of social media in political circles on Parliament Hill, but he didn’t get to be mayor of his own Twitter town hall.

During an online chat on the subject of open government, the Treasury Board president, who is a prolific tweeter, had a ghostwriter doing most of the work for him.

Last December’s town hall made federal political history as the first live online chat to be hosted by a cabinet minister using the popular microblogging service.

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