I feel rather like a low-budget gossip columnist here, but hey...
Here's a 'robust exchange of views' on Twitter between the BBC's Jon Donnison and one of his readers:
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I don't know this little girl's name who I met in Vanuatu. But I think "mischief" or even Miss Chief quite suits. pic.twitter.com/eaQIh9nUmd
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The Intelect! @_Inteligent Mar 19
@jondonnisonbbc @BBCWorld Another journo using a disaster to hone their craft, rather than just report the facts. Spare us the corny lines.
Jon Donnison @jondonnisonbbc Mar 19
@_Inteligent Genius, font of all knowledge, bright star amongst candles. Educating and enlightening human beings. 41 followers. Cheer up.
The Intelect! @_Inteligent Mar 19
@jondonnisonbbc ahhh the followers 'card'...it's the twitter cock measure now.Just do your job and stop the pretentious (award hunting) crap
Jon Donnison @jondonnisonbbc Mar 19
@_Inteligent Have you tried anger management?
The Intelect! @_Inteligent Mar 19
@jondonnisonbbc hey I'm chilled matey; just want you to focus on your job, not your ego/peer recognition.
Don't you just love Twitter? It always brings the best out in people (especially BBC correspondents), doesn't it?
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Incidentally, as soon as JonDon finished his assignment in Vanuatu his Twitter feed went straight back onto his main obsession...
...no, not his proper job, reporting Australia for the BBC, but, inevitably...
...tweeting about Israel (complete with a link to Haaretz (a piece by Peter Beinart).
That's something Twitter also does: It always brings the impartiality out in people (especially BBC correspondents), doesn't it?
...tweeting about Israel (complete with a link to Haaretz (a piece by Peter Beinart).
That's something Twitter also does: It always brings the impartiality out in people (especially BBC correspondents), doesn't it?
