Posts in Public Affairs
Twitter use by reporters at Obama speech
I scored a press pass to hear President Obama speak at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley today. Coakley is locked in tight race for the seat held by Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts. I'm a fan of spectacle, Democratic or Republican, so I went to soak it all up.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that many of the reporters I met were avid users of Twitter. You'll see in this very short video what I mean as I show you the view from my perch in the press area.
For example Kerry Picket who writes for the Washington Times was tweeting as she was listening to the speeches and writing her articles. More...
Political social media campaigning goes negative
But that hasn’t stopped Labour’s campaign machine nabbing the concept and adopting it as part of its campaign. It’s become a social object. I’m sure Clifford is delighted with the attention.
But the Tories aren’t amused and have gone into overdrive criticising Labour’s negative campaigning. Instead they should focus their energy on developing an innovation social campaign. More...
2010 election to see backwards step for social media in UK politics
Guido Fawkes reported last night on the first scalp of the forthcoming election.
“[…] This blog’s first casualty of the 2010 election cycle is Greg Stone, a LibDem councillor standing for parliament in Newcastle East against Labour’s Nick Brown.”
“Greg has withdrawn his candidature after a dossier of comments which he had made on this blog over a period of many months was circulated anonymously to the media.”
As Guido says “[Stone] won’t be the last politician brought down by a blog in the next few months…” More...