Comments on: Moronic reporting of non issues http://davepress.net/2010/01/28/moronic-reporting-of-non-issues/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:45:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Reid http://davepress.net/2010/01/28/moronic-reporting-of-non-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-6289 Mary Reid Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:07:20 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=3114#comment-6289 Shame I hadn't seen that you had blogged about this, as one of the councillors in question was sitting only a few seats along from you in the afternoon session today! I did chat with him about it, and it all seems like a very silly story cooked up by the press who seemed affronted that councillors were on Twitter during a council meeting. The tweets were jovial, cross party, and no-one was offended. Shame I hadn’t seen that you had blogged about this, as one of the councillors in question was sitting only a few seats along from you in the afternoon session today! I did chat with him about it, and it all seems like a very silly story cooked up by the press who seemed affronted that councillors were on Twitter during a council meeting. The tweets were jovial, cross party, and no-one was offended.

]]> By: Kevin Campbell-Wright http://davepress.net/2010/01/28/moronic-reporting-of-non-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 Kevin Campbell-Wright Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:59:29 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=3114#comment-6262 I agree entirely that these scare stories are getting tiresome, but it's also likely in a world where traditional media feels so threatened (wrongly, I think). However, I think the only way to beat this is to join 'em - but then to use social media itself against them. I know there's a school of thought that says that by responding to stories like this we simply fan the flames of bad publicity, but I don't think we're at a point yet where people know that networks themselves are safe. In the same way that @polljack has used the Daily Mail's polls against them by publicising their more stupid ones, meaning people skewing the result, we should combat the scare stories. Comment on the stories online, email the paper's letters pages, tweet and re-tweet. I don't mean to complain, but simply to point out what you just pointed out - that the networks are fine, it's the people who choose to use them inappropriately - and offering support for people via things like social media surgeries. That way, every story that gene I agree entirely that these scare stories are getting tiresome, but it’s also likely in a world where traditional media feels so threatened (wrongly, I think).

However, I think the only way to beat this is to join ‘em – but then to use social media itself against them. I know there’s a school of thought that says that by responding to stories like this we simply fan the flames of bad publicity, but I don’t think we’re at a point yet where people know that networks themselves are safe. In the same way that @polljack has used the Daily Mail’s polls against them by publicising their more stupid ones, meaning people skewing the result, we should combat the scare stories. Comment on the stories online, email the paper’s letters pages, tweet and re-tweet. I don’t mean to complain, but simply to point out what you just pointed out – that the networks are fine, it’s the people who choose to use them inappropriately – and offering support for people via things like social media surgeries.

That way, every story that gene

]]> By: Mark Pack http://davepress.net/2010/01/28/moronic-reporting-of-non-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-6239 Mark Pack Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:11:48 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=3114#comment-6239 There are some serious doubts about how the original story was put together, as you can see from the TPA's comment to my post at http://www.libdemvoice.org/western-morning-news-twitter-17750.html There are some serious doubts about how the original story was put together, as you can see from the TPA’s comment to my post at http://www.libdemvoice.org/western-morning-news-twitter-17750.html

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