During the cold open of Saturday Night Live this week, President Obama (played by Jay Pharoah) admitted that the U.S. has underestimated how effective ISIS would be at social media, stating: “They really blew us out of the water.”
Because ISIS has nothing to do, they are able to tweet during peak hours – between 11 am and 3pm – where they can “maximize faves and RTs.” Obama proceeds to read off some examples, and it turns out ISIS is capitalizing on the social TV conversation.
One tweet read, “Loving this new show “Selfie” on ABC. P.S. can you believe Israel is still a state?” while another read, “One day the Black Flag of ISIS will fly over the White House #TheVoiceisBack”
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Below, the whole clip: