White House Pre-Speech Release Creates Social Media Storm

The Internet-savvy White House went directly to social media Tuesday night – a deft move analysts say that could change the way politicians convey their big news to Americans. Breaking with years of tradition, the White House released a copy of the entire text of the State of the Union speech to the public before the speech actually began. The text of the speech was posted on Medium.com, and in a brief introduction, the White House wrote that the public usually “remains in the dark”...

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