A discussion topic in episode 701 of the FIR podcast, published today, looks at a question asked in the Metro newspaper last week: should British politicians take notes from Barack Obama’s campaign team? The Metro's excellent report looked at the key role social media played - especially Twitter - in both of the US president's election campaigns in 2008 and 2012 in enabling direct engagement with reporters and opinion-makers as well as with voters in communities across the United States (see … [Read more...] about Number 10 hands out Twitter exclusives to favoured journalists
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Facebook riot calls earn men four-year jail terms amid sentencing outcry
In the aftermath of the civil disorder that gripped London and a number of other English cities last week - it included murders, assaults and a great deal of property destruction and damage - attention is firmly on the system of justice in England and what's happening to the thousands of people arrested and charged with an offence of one kind of another, typically looting or doing criminal damage. For the past few days, our TV screens have been filled with video footage of police in full … [Read more...] about Facebook riot calls earn men four-year jail terms amid sentencing outcry