In August of 2009, House Republican leader John Boehner asked rank-and-file Republicans to use "new media" like Twitter to get out their message about America's health-care system. Given that a Twitter post can only be 140 characters long, what feature of modern politics closely resembles Twitter posts?

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Sound bytes are short, memorable phrases or statements that can be quickly disseminated through modern media such as television and social media. Like a Twitter post, a sound byte is limited to a brief amount of time or space, but can still effectively communicate a message to a wide audience.

In August of 2009, House Republican Leader John Boehner Asked