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  1. October 4, 2012 06:50 AM

    Social media fails the ‘47 percent’ video taper

    Did the anonymous source need Mother Jones?

    By Hazel Sheffield

    When Mother Jones premiered the now-infamous 47 percent video on September 17, it received two million views in 24 hours and rapidly changed the discourse surrounding the campaign. The next morning, some outlets were already asking, “Is Mitt Romney over?” But why did the source of the video go to a news outlet like Mother Jones, instead of distributing it...

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