18 July 2008

The story so far

The admirable Kezia wrote a post suggesting that Nicola had been thrown out of a shopping centre and that the BBC had filmed it and refused to broadcast it. So far, so who cares?

Then Nicola e-mailed Kezia (according to Kezia) demanding the removal of the post, a request which - naturally enough - was refused.

I have no idea who is in the right here. But I draw some lessons:

1. Bloggers are playing a part in this by-election. For the first time in Scotland?

2. Politicians engage with bloggers at their peril. What might have been a minor contretemps has been given weight and prominence by Nicola's reaction.

3. Bullying bloggers is not really a good idea.

4. The BBC has been awfully quiet about the incident.

More tomorrow, no doubt.

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