K96 FM: Wide Open Country » twitter http://k96fm.com Wide Open Country Fri, 24 May 2013 17:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Watch Jessica Alba and More Celebs Read Mean Tweets http://k96fm.com/watch-jessica-alba-and-more-celebs-read-mean-tweets/ http://k96fm.com/watch-jessica-alba-and-more-celebs-read-mean-tweets/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:34:35 +0000 Kyle Dowling http://thefw.com/?p=205247 On a good day, Twitter is used as a social media platform where others can connect and interact in a cordial way. On a bad day, people hide behind their handles and unleash some harsh thoughts into the Twittersphere. But thanks to the folks at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' the bad days just got better.

]]> http://k96fm.com/watch-jessica-alba-and-more-celebs-read-mean-tweets/feed/ 0 Man Uses Senator's Twitter Feed to Make Charming Marriage Proposal http://k96fm.com/senator-twitter-feed-to-proposal/ http://k96fm.com/senator-twitter-feed-to-proposal/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:02:19 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=192541 As we advance deeper into the 21st century, a Senator's press secretary is at least as likely to be getting the word out on Twitter than communicating with the press in more traditional ways.

So when Brett Wanamaker decided he wanted to surprise his girlfriend Beth Adelson, who is the press secretary for Virginia Senator Mark Warner, with a marriage proposal he had a pretty good idea where to find her.

]]> http://k96fm.com/senator-twitter-feed-to-proposal/feed/ 0 Twitter Oprah Will Not Be Trifled With on Twitter http://k96fm.com/oprah-twitter-fight/ http://k96fm.com/oprah-twitter-fight/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:08:40 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=183060 Maybe you think you can just mess with Oprah on Twitter and get away with it. Maybe you think she's too busy/rich/famous to actually pay attention. Maybe you're wrong, jerk.

Somebody tried to get sassy with Oprah by insulting her appearance on Twitter(on the day before her birthday nonetheless). Apparently they thought Oprah was going to let it slide. She did not. Here's what happened.

]]> http://k96fm.com/oprah-twitter-fight/feed/ 0 Michelly Rall, Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel's 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets' Is Too Funny For Words http://k96fm.com/celebrities-read-mean-tweets-part-3/ http://k96fm.com/celebrities-read-mean-tweets-part-3/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:13:45 +0000 Amanda Ferris http://thefw.com/?p=177749 Thanks to the rise of the social media site Twitter, celebrity users and your every day folk like you and me are closer than ever. But so are the nasty, catty tweets from the Average Joe to whatever celebrity they're mad at now. Jimmy Kimmel decided that celebrities should confront these mean (and often strange) tweets in his ongoing segment 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.'

]]> http://k96fm.com/celebrities-read-mean-tweets-part-3/feed/ 0 YouTube.com Twitter turns 5 Today http://k96fm.com/twitter-turns-5-today/ http://k96fm.com/twitter-turns-5-today/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:59:37 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=2675 The social media Twitter is turning 5 years old today.  It's amazing how this social media has ballooned over those short 60 months.  According to CNN Money
Twitter now has 200 million users, including tech luminaries, celebrities and the president of the United States. It started off slowly: In 2007, Twitter averaged just 5,000 tweets per d

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