Edward Snowden Is a #Patriot, Twitter Users Say

Hoping to spur conversation about its big Edward Snowden interview, NBC News asked its viewers to vote on their view of the leaker.

Distilling the debate around Snowden's leaks into a black-and-white question (or maybe red-and-blue), NBC wanted to know: Was the NSA leaker a #patriot or a #traitor?

#Patriot or #Traitor? Weigh in as you watch #InsideSnowden https://t.co/Rwz28jolNT pic.twitter.com/uYoNy7Px2u

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 29, 2014

Well, the results are in.

The outcome was "extremely close" in the lead-up to the program, NBC News said, but over a 36-hour period that included the special, tweets mentioning #Patriot outnumbered #Traitor, with nearly 60% of Twitter users calling Snowden a "#Patriot." Read more...