This afternoon, White House senior communications advisor Tara McGuinness noted that comedy site FunnyorDie.com was the number one source of referrals to HealthCare.gov, thanks to President Obama’s prerecorded interview with comedian and actor Zach Galifianakis.
Now, the Department of Health and Human Services is reporting that its number one source of referrals garnered 19,000 clicks through to HealthCare.gov.
@RBPundit @McCormackJohn 19,000 closed the page afterwards without paying for a plan.
— Mike (@ThePantau) March 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/UpstateAmerican/status/443483142381662208
https://twitter.com/ClosedPress/status/443484283785596928
At this rate Obama needs only 2,000 more appearances @RBPundit @McCormackJohn
— Holden (@Holden114) March 11, 2014
That number does seem rather small, but as the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein points out, that number includes only those who clicked at the end of the video.
note on Funny or Die click data. 19k was just # who clicked directly from video, not those who watched video then went to healthcare .gov
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/benwiele/status/443489986642317312
@samsteinhp Oh thanks so much for the useful information. Long day? @GoBrooklyn
— JOBoomr (@JOBoomr) March 11, 2014
Sometimes it's better if you just didn't tweet, Sam. You'd look less pathetic. https://t.co/tVRrlPdKPg @samsteinhp
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 11, 2014
@RBPundit what did you find objectionable about this one?
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 11, 2014
The part where you assume people didn't know this, mainly. And the reflexive Obama protecting aspect to it. @samsteinhp
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 11, 2014
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You do realize that this whole thing is sadly pathetic, right? @samsteinhp
— That Goddamned Finklestein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) March 11, 2014
White House flack Dan Pfeiffer attempted to clarify things for Stein.
Considering that an average of 33,678 signed up for O-care a day in February, the 19k clicks from Funny or Die seem fine but underwhelming
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 11, 2014
@samsteinhp the point (which you seem to be missing) is that most of those 19k wouldnt have clicked otherwise
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) March 11, 2014
@samsteinhp also the 19k number is after a few hours not the whole day, which it makes it even more important
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) March 11, 2014
As long as we have the White House’s attention, there’s still one number we’re waiting to hear.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/443501057277456384
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