A Candid, and Prophetic, Interview With Weiner

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By ASHLEY PARKER

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I had asked for an interview after my editor noticed that Mr. Weiner’s Twitter feed was punchier and more candid than that of the average elected official, and that he sometimes seemed just 140 characters away from a career-bungling mistake. So we decided to do an article on his use of social media, and he was happy to cooperate.

Mr. Weiner, Democrat of New York, was charming and engaging, and he spoke frankly candidly — and, in retrospect, prophetically — about his Twitter persona. “I know the risk,” he said. “I’ve seen enough stories about the risk, and I’ve kind of kicked the line of the risk a couple of times.”

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I asked if he ever worried he would go a step too far and become a cautionary Twitter tale.

“Yeah, I think about that,” he said, “but that’s true of this interview and it’s true just about anywhere nowadays. You’ve got to be cautious.”

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/a-candid-and-prophetic-interview-with-weiner/



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1. I still don't get how he mistakenly posted the pic.