Comments on: Jan Moir and the Power of Twitter http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/ A varied study of improperganda Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:47:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Emile http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10843 Emile Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:22:12 +0000 http://www.markborkowski.com/?p=8379#comment-10843 I don't think anyone ever claimed that a trending topic on twitter was necessarily indicative of constructive debate. Your critque of the jan moir twitter-storm therefore seems founded on an unrealistic interpretation of how twitter actually works. I don’t think anyone ever claimed that a trending topic on twitter was necessarily indicative of constructive debate. Your critque of the jan moir twitter-storm therefore seems founded on an unrealistic interpretation of how twitter actually works.

]]> By: wicky http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10830 wicky Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:34 +0000 http://www.markborkowski.com/?p=8379#comment-10830 I have a slightly different angle (I'm not sure if it meets Mark's required standard of constructive debate but it doesn't call for Moir to be crucified or whatever the baying mob are clamouring for). One key problem is that, as Mark said, 'I am not sure that ... the Mail will change its modus operandi significantly'. Why? Well, because the authorities (i.e. the Press Complaints Commission) are powerless. That's not just my opinion ... Journalism.co.uk predicts '... Jan Moir and the Daily Mail will escape disciplinary action' (http://www.journalism.co.uk/6/articles/536207.php). They go to great lengths to explain why. There may be a simper answer ... Cronyism ... Mr Paul Dacre, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission's 'Code of Practice' committee also has a day job as editor of ... the Daily Mail. I have a slightly different angle (I’m not sure if it meets Mark’s required standard of constructive debate but it doesn’t call for Moir to be crucified or whatever the baying mob are clamouring for). One key problem is that, as Mark said, ‘I am not sure that … the Mail will change its modus operandi significantly’. Why? Well, because the authorities (i.e. the Press Complaints Commission) are powerless. That’s not just my opinion … Journalism.co.uk predicts ‘… Jan Moir and the Daily Mail will escape disciplinary action’ (http://www.journalism.co.uk/6/articles/536207.php). They go to great lengths to explain why. There may be a simper answer … Cronyism … Mr Paul Dacre, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission’s ‘Code of Practice’ committee also has a day job as editor of … the Daily Mail.

]]> By: Shaun the sheep http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10829 Shaun the sheep Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:59:45 +0000 http://www.markborkowski.com/?p=8379#comment-10829 Come on Mark, look at your own Moir oeuvre: a couple of rewtweeted links and jokes, just like the rest of us 'angry bleating herd'. There's a time for reasoned, critical debate. And there's time for just adding your bleat. And we all, quite rightly, bleated. If you're uncomfortable with that, fine. But don't disingenuously point at 'them over there'. You bleated too. Come on Mark, look at your own Moir oeuvre: a couple of rewtweeted links and jokes, just like the rest of us ‘angry bleating herd’.

There’s a time for reasoned, critical debate. And there’s time for just adding your bleat. And we all, quite rightly, bleated. If you’re uncomfortable with that, fine. But don’t disingenuously point at ‘them over there’. You bleated too.

]]> By: Little Richardjohn http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10828 Little Richardjohn Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://www.markborkowski.com/?p=8379#comment-10828 Jan moir. A strange, lonely and troubling columnist. Not clever, not nice, and not interesting. Jan moir. A strange, lonely and troubling columnist.
Not clever, not nice, and not interesting.

]]> By: Dan Barrett http://www.markborkowski.co.uk/jan-moir-and-the-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10827 Dan Barrett Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:01:08 +0000 http://www.markborkowski.com/?p=8379#comment-10827 Sadly, for most people, repeating what some celebrity they like has said is much easier (and therefore preferable) to actually working out and putting into words their own opinion. Sadly, for most people, repeating what some celebrity they like has said is much easier (and therefore preferable) to actually working out and putting into words their own opinion.

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