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Social media analysis: Who really won the debate?
By M. Alex Johnson, NBC News
The immediate consensus that Mitt Romney won Wednesday's presidential debate has eroded significantly as fact-checkers have weighed in and supporters of President Barack Obama have fought back, according to NBCPolitics' computer-assisted analysis of more than 1.3 million post-debate comments on social media.
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Obama took a beating Thursday, reflecting the view that he had been passive and had passed up opportunities to attack Romney:
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By Friday morning, the counterargument that Obama had actually won on substance had taken root, with online sentiment now favoring the president:
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http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/05/14244918-social-media-analysis-who-really-won-the-debate
By M. Alex Johnson, NBC News
The immediate consensus that Mitt Romney won Wednesday's presidential debate has eroded significantly as fact-checkers have weighed in and supporters of President Barack Obama have fought back, according to NBCPolitics' computer-assisted analysis of more than 1.3 million post-debate comments on social media.
<...>
Obama took a beating Thursday, reflecting the view that he had been passive and had passed up opportunities to attack Romney:
<...>
By Friday morning, the counterargument that Obama had actually won on substance had taken root, with online sentiment now favoring the president:
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http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/05/14244918-social-media-analysis-who-really-won-the-debate
Fascinating stuff!
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Exactly. And I really loved how Willard himself brought up his biggest weakness (47% video)
Indpndnt
Oct 2012
#24
They represent a hell of a lot more people than 430 over 50 whites who lean Romney. n/t
ProSense
Oct 2012
#35
Obama is a long game player and DU is relentlessly about the short game for the most part.
Fumesucker
Oct 2012
#7
What calls itself "the Left" listens to itself too much & refuses to filter for Rongny trolls. nt
patrice
Oct 2012
#22
My sister called me a day later to tell me i was wrong , and Obama did much better than...
hrmjustin
Oct 2012
#29
The power the Internet has given voters to define their own role in in the political game
rocktivity
Oct 2012
#30
My very biased Repub mother agreed that Romney acted like a jerk. SHOCKER!
Michigan Alum
Oct 2012
#34
lol I knew Romney won in one way (certainly not style) but I couldn't put a finger on it.
anAustralianobserver
Oct 2012
#54