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Rep. Weiner says lewd Twitter photo was sent by hacker
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has become the latest member of Congress to run into Twitter trouble after a lewd photo was sent from his account on the microblogging site Friday night.
The photo, which was taken from the waist down and shows a man in bulging gray underwear, was first reported early Saturday by BigGovernment.com, the Web site of conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart.
The Web site reported that the message containing a link to the photo was tweeted to the Twitter handle of a woman who is a journalism student in Seattle, and that the student apparently deleted her Twitter and Facebook pages after the incident.
Soon after the photo was posted on Weiner’s Twitter account, it was deleted, BigGovernment.com reported, along with the other photos in the seven-term congressman’s yfrog.com photo account.
In tweets after the photos were deleted, Weiner, 46, said that his account had been hacked and jokingly brushed off the incident.
“Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next? #TheToasterIsVeryLoyal,” read one tweet.
“Touche Prof Moriarity. More Weiner Jokes for all my guests! #Hacked!” he wrote later.
“This is intended to be a distraction, and we’re not going to let it become one,” Dave Arnold, a Weiner spokesman, said Sunday. “Anthony’s accounts were obviously hacked. He doesn’t know the person named by the hacker, and we will be consulting on what steps to take next.”
Politico reported that Weiner said he thought it was “obvious” that his account had been hacked, and Arnold told the New York Post that the lawmaker’s Twitter and Facebook accounts had been hacked.
Arnold also said that Weiner had received a message from Facebook last week warning him that someone might have been trying to hack his password but that the congressman ignored the message, according to the New York Post.
Weiner had mentioned Seattle in an earlier tweet ahead of the incident, a fact that some conservative bloggers have argued warrants more explanation from the New York Democrat.
“Heading to 30 Rock to chat with Rachel at 9. #Thats545InSeattleIThink,” Weiner wrote in the earlier tweet, which is still on his Twitter feed.
Weiner, who ran for New York mayor in 2005 and is considered the top contender in the 2013 race to succeed Michael Bloomberg, last year married Huma Abedin, a former top aide to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) during the 2008 presidential campaign. Abedin now works as senior adviser to Clinton at the State Department.
Weiner is well known for his outspoken liberal views and his dry wit. A frequent presence on cable news and an avid Twitter user, he used a March speech at the Congressional Correspondents Dinner to poke fun at his larger-than-life personality, airing a video that featured clips of the congressman getting into heated exchanges with various cable news commentators.
In the wake of “Weiner-gate,” the lawmaker made light of the number of new Twitter followers that he had gained since the incident.
“Thanks to all my new followers im drawing close to Bachmann. #ScrappyChasingCrazy,” he tweeted on Saturday.
Before the photo surfaced on Weiner’s Twitter feed Friday, the New York Democrat had been tweeting about a hockey game.
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I saw this story on Twitter for a while and wasn't sure if it was ONTD_P material since it was mainly being spread by Breitbart & Company. But now that it's hit the MSM... well. It might be the ONTDer in me, but I can never turn down a peen post (nor the opportunities to make Weiner puns, Meatpacking District references, etc).
If you want to see the image, it is here. must not tag with "ontd_political photo of the day"...
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has become the latest member of Congress to run into Twitter trouble after a lewd photo was sent from his account on the microblogging site Friday night.
The photo, which was taken from the waist down and shows a man in bulging gray underwear, was first reported early Saturday by BigGovernment.com, the Web site of conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart.
The Web site reported that the message containing a link to the photo was tweeted to the Twitter handle of a woman who is a journalism student in Seattle, and that the student apparently deleted her Twitter and Facebook pages after the incident.
Soon after the photo was posted on Weiner’s Twitter account, it was deleted, BigGovernment.com reported, along with the other photos in the seven-term congressman’s yfrog.com photo account.
In tweets after the photos were deleted, Weiner, 46, said that his account had been hacked and jokingly brushed off the incident.
“Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next? #TheToasterIsVeryLoyal,” read one tweet.
“Touche Prof Moriarity. More Weiner Jokes for all my guests! #Hacked!” he wrote later.
“This is intended to be a distraction, and we’re not going to let it become one,” Dave Arnold, a Weiner spokesman, said Sunday. “Anthony’s accounts were obviously hacked. He doesn’t know the person named by the hacker, and we will be consulting on what steps to take next.”
Politico reported that Weiner said he thought it was “obvious” that his account had been hacked, and Arnold told the New York Post that the lawmaker’s Twitter and Facebook accounts had been hacked.
Arnold also said that Weiner had received a message from Facebook last week warning him that someone might have been trying to hack his password but that the congressman ignored the message, according to the New York Post.
Weiner had mentioned Seattle in an earlier tweet ahead of the incident, a fact that some conservative bloggers have argued warrants more explanation from the New York Democrat.
“Heading to 30 Rock to chat with Rachel at 9. #Thats545InSeattleIThink,” Weiner wrote in the earlier tweet, which is still on his Twitter feed.
Weiner, who ran for New York mayor in 2005 and is considered the top contender in the 2013 race to succeed Michael Bloomberg, last year married Huma Abedin, a former top aide to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) during the 2008 presidential campaign. Abedin now works as senior adviser to Clinton at the State Department.
Weiner is well known for his outspoken liberal views and his dry wit. A frequent presence on cable news and an avid Twitter user, he used a March speech at the Congressional Correspondents Dinner to poke fun at his larger-than-life personality, airing a video that featured clips of the congressman getting into heated exchanges with various cable news commentators.
In the wake of “Weiner-gate,” the lawmaker made light of the number of new Twitter followers that he had gained since the incident.
“Thanks to all my new followers im drawing close to Bachmann. #ScrappyChasingCrazy,” he tweeted on Saturday.
Before the photo surfaced on Weiner’s Twitter feed Friday, the New York Democrat had been tweeting about a hockey game.
Source
I saw this story on Twitter for a while and wasn't sure if it was ONTD_P material since it was mainly being spread by Breitbart & Company. But now that it's hit the MSM... well. It might be the ONTDer in me, but I can never turn down a peen post (nor the opportunities to make Weiner puns, Meatpacking District references, etc).
If you want to see the image, it is here. must not tag with "ontd_political photo of the day"...
