Irish political parties are trying to use online media. Unfortunately they’re more “trying” than anything else.
Remember the Green Party spamming bloggers?
How about Fine Gael ripping off the BBC website?
Well it looks like the Green Party are definitely outdoing their competitors when it comes to online idiocy. Their official Twitter account posted this charming message earlier this evening:
“If a permatanned, snake-oil selling charlatan like Bill Cullen thinks we’re doing the wrong thing, we must be doing the right thing, right?”
Here’s a screenshot in case they remove it:
I’m not a legal expert, but isn’t that libellous?
If it’s not actually libel, is it the sort of message a political party’s official twitter account should be sending out?
Wouldn’t their time be better spent doing something useful?
heh. I have to give them credit on that one — they have a point 😉
Ouch!
That’s below the belt alright. Is that the official GP Twitter though?
Robert
As you know it’s impossible to really know who is behind a Twitter account, but if you look at the tweets on that account it would appear to be official.
Michele
I wonder if Mr Cullen knows – I know I wouldn’t appreciate it myself. I think he has a case and should persue it as a matter of principle.
Is Bill on twitter?
David
I don’t know if he is on Twitter.
I had a look earlier and couldn’t find him
Michele
In fairness, the Green Party are a pretty useless, whingeing shower of insane crazies looking for attention.
Clearly they’ve delegated well on this occasion – to the most educated member of the party.
I suspect that they would argue that their account had been hacked or something to that extent if they were brought to court over it. By any means shift the blame, isn’t that what those politicians are good at?
again…. 😯
http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2009/05/05/the-green-party-are-twits/