Geel_jire Posted November 2, 2009 Councillors in a rural town have staged a mass resignation after becoming tired of criticism from a blogger. Ex-vice chairman Anthony Canvin said 11 of Somerton Town Council's 15 members resigned at a meeting on Tuesday. On his Muck&Brass blog Niall Connolly called members "jackasses" and said a leaflet was "like a Nazi call to arms". However, Mr Connolly rejected the idea that the councillors had resigned as a result of his blog. He attended the meeting himself on Tuesday. He said: "If blaming Muck&Brass helps these ex-councillors to sleep at night then that's fine but it ignores the truth. "These councillors had, for too long, ignored the community which they were meant to serve." The council will have to hold new elections as there are now too few councillors to make decisions story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geel_jire Posted November 2, 2009 The Blog in question Breakout! The events of last Tuesday evening and the ensuing media interest have been something of an eye-opener. It has been fascinating to see how this story broke out into the wider press and TV arena and, on the way, lost much of the detail. As far as I can understand, the story started off with a local reporter, Dave Nichols from the Western Gazette, reporting the story without actually being at the Tin Dunny to witness events unfolding. Around midday on Wednesday, David couldn't explain exactly what he was basing his story on. The piece then became 'front page' on the Western Gazette on Thursday morning and contained references to events which observers on the night cannot confirm took place. That story was picked up by the South West News Agency who called me around 09:30am wanting a photograph. I spoke at some length with Paul Adcock (from South West), not realising that he had already cherry-picked the Western Gazette story and was busy with other things. That 'story' was duly picked up by some of the national press (Daily Telegraph, Express, Mail) and their online counterparts including BBC online. Everyone beleved the 'facts' that they were given by the last person in the chain and no-one checked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Che -Guevara Posted November 2, 2009 They need to spend a day with dubya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted November 2, 2009 The power of the media ,,, wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
