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		dclowd9901 on Aug 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Reddit Got Obama Due to the enormous usage of Reddit, CNN's misunderstanding of Reddit made CNN look like the asses.

sharkweek on Aug 30, 2012 [–]

To us, a collective of tech savvy regulars of the Internet, yes. But to someone like my mom who has no idea there was backlash, not as much.

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