Alaskan governor and former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin joined micro-blogging site Twitter on April 29, 2009, under the username AKGovSarahPalin. Palin's communications director Bill McAllister made the announcement of the governor's debut on the site, which is geared towards correcting media falsities "instantaneously."
Following the announcement of her official feed, Palin's second tweet was made to point out an error in an Associated Press article, which Palin claims "gravely misquoted her staff" concerning her position on the stimulus package.
Drudge the First?
The Drudge Report inaccurately reported that their Twitter account was the first Twitter account followed by Sarah Palin, citing an article by The Daily Telegraph. Palin's account actually displays Newt Gingrich as the first account to be followed. Drudge is shown to be the 17th user followed by Sarah Palin.Media Matters: FAIL: Drudge's Understanding of Twitter
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Joined Twitter on April 29, 2009
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Planned to be used so Palin administration can "correct the record instantaneously"The Mudflats: Major Announcement! Sarah Palin is on Twitter! (April 29, 2009)
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Newt Gingrich was the first person she followed, proceeded by Karl Rove
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FakeSarahPalin had been tweeting since 2008 before her official debut
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Many other politicians and governors already were using Twitter by time she joined
