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The perils and pitfalls of allowing, and moderating, online comments
Sky News this week has pulled the plug on its news discussion boards because, Although the boards were very popular, a small number of people had hijacked them and reduced the level of debate to meaningless abuse. At Sky News we welcome robust debate about the news, but we want it to be of a [...]
Sky’s general election coverage will boost social media campaigning
Candidates who make extensive use of social media will receive a boost to their election campaigns, courtesy of Sky News’s plans to feature such material in a set of special constituency pages being created for the election.
Each constituency will have its own page and those pages will pull in feeds from candidates. Sky is asking [...]
A national televised spelling test between the party leaders
So Sky News is keen on having a televised political showdown between party leaders at general election time. Sky News also is pushing heavily the story about the Prime Minister spelling some words wrong in a letter of condolence to the mother of a dead soldier. The logical conclusion? Why of course it’s to have [...]
