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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

Politics

Dave Weigel

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

Tim Tebow in the New York media market. No, that's not gonna get old fast
—
(@daveweigel) March 21, 2012

Followers: 56K

Is a Slate political reporter and also reports for MSNBC. He subscribes to the Andy Carvin school of Twitter thought, which is serious of conversations and commentary woven together with replies and retweets, and can be hard to make sense of for those unfamiliar with Twitter’s chaotic metabolism.

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