The twitter feed gone horribly wrong goes mainstream;
In a statement, Cory Oxelgren, president of the NDP, said the party launched a website Tuesday on which it invited comments directed to Wall about the government’s proposed labour law changes. The timing corresponded with the launch of the NDP caucus’s “consultation tour” on the same issue, but was a separate effort.
Dozens of comments were received on the wereyouasked.ca website, which was set up to post remarks directly to a Twitter feed under a “Saskatchewan NDP” banner and with a popular #skpoli hashtag used for sorting tweets of provincial political interest.
Many of the comments indicated support for Wall and the Sask. Party, which appeared ironic on Twitter under the NDP heading, which was later changed to “SKLabour Review.” Some were negative regarding the NDP and organized labour in general.
Several were harsh in tone — including one that read, “Tommy Douglas, not dead enough.” Another said, “Time to kill #uniongreed once and for all.”
“We expected and welcomed a diverse range of views on the government’s proposed labour law changes,” Oxelgren’s statement said. “Party staff felt that comments on the website should not be censored . . . unfortunately, anonymous contributors posted extremely hateful — in some cases very personal — attacks.”
Emphasis of bald-faced lie, mine.
I’ve emailed Star Phoenix writer Joe Couture to correct the NDP accusation of SaskParty involvement. Let’s see if he updates the report.
