NYTimes.com
Jennifer Preston documents how the Herman Cain campaign is using keyword search ads on Google and Twitter to “bypass the media filter.” People searching Google for terms like “Cain Sharon Bialek” see a paid result linking to a new campaign website, CainTruth. When Politico broke the first sexual harassment allegations, the campaign also bought a promoted tweet that would appear for anyone searching for “Herman Cain” on Twitter. || Related: Crowd boos question for Cain about whether he has a character problem at CNBC debate Wednesday night; CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo tweets, “I am not upset the crowd booed over cain q. We had to ask once.” || Earlier: Politico has published 144 stories about Cain, mostly about the sexual harassment allegations, since it broke the story (CJR)
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