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In an apparent follow-up to last Sunday’s praise for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter revisited the freshman Congresswoman during Sunday’s “Reliable Sources” to gush about how she has “true online power” and there was “no doubt about it”.
Stelter began the segment by touting how much social media influence AOC had compared to other politicians:
There's no doubt about it. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC for short, has true online power. She has Twitter power than pretty much any politician except President Trump, according to this CrowdTangle data published by Axios. She’s even past Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s number of Twitter followers. She’s all over Instagram as well. She’s using Instagram, sometimes live videos on Instagram to chat with voters, to have conversations. They answer questions…
Of course, Stelter was interested in how “she's also using Twitter and other platforms to challenge conservative media critics and to fire back at them.” And to answer his deep questions, Stelter invited on Saikat Chakrabarti, her chief of staff. His first question? “How would you describe the first month?”
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