Thursday 22 July 2010

The Daily Examiner editor raps Nationals candidate Kevin Hogan over the knuckles


On 19 July The Daily Examiner reported on a comment, containing personal abuse of sitting Labor MP Janelle Saffin, which could be found on Nationals candidate Kevin Hogan's Facebook page for the past month:

The Daily Examiner on 19 July 2010 Click on image to enlarge

The next day the same newspaper had Hogan demonstrating that he didn't understand social media dynamics and guaranteeing the swift death of his Facebook page through lack of reader participation:

To his credit, when he learnt of those comments yesterday, he contacted this paper to say they would be removed and that he would disable external commentary from the site in the future so the same thing could not happen again.

Details of the original comment can be found in the NCV post "Expose the cow"....


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Hartsuyker not doing so well in online comments


In the heart of the Cowper federal electorate The Coffs Coast Advocate frequently runs stories quoting sitting member the Nats Luke Hartsuyker.
However, Luke doesn't always impress the locals.........

Posted by vallaben from Valla Beach, New South Wales

16 July 2010 8:45 a.m. Suggest removal » Post reply »

luke at it again bending the facts to win some votes for himself. if he spent 1 50th of his time he spends whinging about the government on actually doing something for his electorate he would probably get himself some support..you earn your votes by working for the community luke not whining about the government ...you are a do nothing politician and hopefully we will be rid of you this election

Posted by tlearyus from Pottsville, New South Wales

16 July 2010 11:05 a.m. Suggest removal » Post reply »

couldn't agree more...all we get from luke is paper waste in our mailbox and his party line rhetoric..if he wants to help this region he should change his parties policy on the National Broadband Network for a start, after all it was the coalition/nationals that wasted over 3 billion dollars on the failed Networking the Nation scheme run by Doug Anthony and Co. For those that are interested read the Auditor Generals report or do a search for "pork barrel" +NTN.