Both Weiner and college student Gennette Cordova deny that the picture in question was sent by the congressman himself. Weiner told NY1 TV, “Look, this is a prank, not a terribly creative one and it’s a distraction.” Cordova, for her part, sent a lengthy statement to the New York Daily News, stating, in part: “There have never been any inappropriate exchanges between Anthony Weiner and myself, including the tweet/picture in question, which had apparently been deleted before it reached me.”
Cordova also explica tes how the whole ordeal has affected her privacy: “All of this is so outlandish that I don’t know whether to be pissed off or amused, quite frankly. This is the reality of sharing information online in the 21st century. Things that I never imagined people would care about are now being plastered all over blog sites.”
Cordova shut down her Twitter and Facebook accounts, and attempted to get other personal info taken off the web. Recently, however, it appears as through she has created a new Twitter account, which features the subhead: “I can’t believe I’m back on Twitter.” We’ve reached out to the person running the account for comment.
The Pic Heard Round The Blogosphere — which is actually a rather tame snap of gray underwear hiding, er, anatomy — has set off a storm of speculation in the blogosphere, particularly on the site Big Government, headed up by publisher Andrew Breitbart. Big Gov ernment was...
