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TOPIC: MWT/Twitter/Malaysia/JK
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Re:MWT/Twitter/Malaysia/JK 4 Years, 11 Months ago
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JK2006 wrote:
There's a big difference, Jo, between deleting an account and putting it on hold; you lose all the supporters you've built up over the years and hope will buy your book, watch your TV shows, listen to you on radio and so on. It is akin to media suicide in this new social media world and MWT knows this very well.
Ah, I see. I don't use Twitter, so wasn't aware of that.
Sheba Bear wrote:
I can't understand how he got away with tweeting Rolf Harris's name alongside a Savile-with-hashtag and a sexual-with-hashtag at an early stage in the Harris investigation. Whatever the truth about Savile was (and I'm not convinced that he was as evil as he was painted, or even evil at all) the masses were perceiving him as a paedophile, and that tweet linked Rolf Harris to Savile and consequently with being a paedophile, in my view.
As someone commented in response to the tweet: "A journalist has now been sacked for naming this man and yet you did... and nothing happens?"
I'm still hoping that he will have to account for this, but I guess it could be a long wait.
I can't understand how he got away with it either. But it seemed clear from the wording of the tweet, saying that Rolf Harris was "currently" being questioned under caution, that MWT had close ties with Operation Yewtree if he was essentially able to tweet police activity in real time. I have wondered if the tweet was all his own idea or if the police were using him as a means to put the word out. The timing of the tweet/police questioning on the day the Leveson report came out was also curious. It's hard to see how Rolf Harris could have had a fair trial after accusers were essentially advertised for in that way and it's surprising his lawyers didn't seem to take action about that.
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Re:MWT/Twitter/Malaysia/JK 4 Years, 11 Months ago
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Jo wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
There's a big difference, Jo, between deleting an account and putting it on hold; you lose all the supporters you've built up over the years and hope will buy your book, watch your TV shows, listen to you on radio and so on. It is akin to media suicide in this new social media world and MWT knows this very well.
Ah, I see. I don't use Twitter, so wasn't aware of that.
Sheba Bear wrote:
I can't understand how he got away with tweeting Rolf Harris's name alongside a Savile-with-hashtag and a sexual-with-hashtag at an early stage in the Harris investigation. Whatever the truth about Savile was (and I'm not convinced that he was as evil as he was painted, or even evil at all) the masses were perceiving him as a paedophile, and that tweet linked Rolf Harris to Savile and consequently with being a paedophile, in my view.
As someone commented in response to the tweet: "A journalist has now been sacked for naming this man and yet you did... and nothing happens?"
I'm still hoping that he will have to account for this, but I guess it could be a long wait.
I can't understand how he got away with it either. But it seemed clear from the wording of the tweet, saying that Rolf Harris was "currently" being questioned under caution, that MWT had close ties with Operation Yewtree if he was essentially able to tweet police activity in real time. I have wondered if the tweet was all his own idea or if the police were using him as a means to put the word out. The timing of the tweet/police questioning on the day the Leveson report came out was also curious. It's hard to see how Rolf Harris could have had a fair trial after accusers were essentially advertised for in that way and it's surprising his lawyers didn't seem to take action about that.
You don't use twitter, Jo? Oh dear, I added a total stranger I thought must be you the other day.
Although, I was irrationally disappointed that "you" were blonde and pale instead of very dark with luxurious hair, as I had imagined.
(The blonde lady seemed perfectly lovely, she just wasn't as expected. )
I agree about MWT's bleating interfering with the case.
How could it possibly not? He gave the impression that he was actually involved in the case.
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