President Barack Obama’s Twitter feed is celebrating the role that his campaign organization spin-off Organizing for Action and its supporters have played in getting media attention for gun control.
Want to see the impact of @ofa supporters on gun violence prevention? Check out this map of local press coverage. OFA.BO/1tQoD6
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 7, 2013
It really shouldn’t be that hard for them as the mainstream media – both nationally and locally – is just an extension of the White House’s Communications Office.
Is it just me or does having a personal propaganda organization outside of the normal channels seem a bit too reminiscent of the cult of personality that was built up around Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and others of their ilk?