The real story here is in the ugly and vaguely homophobic reaction to the like, and the fact that it has come from both ends of the political spectrum. It’s a line I’m trying to walk now as well, and I don’t know that I’ll entirely succeed.īut other elements of the response to the incident deserve their own examination.
There was genuine news value to the story, and most outlets stayed on the right side of the very fine line they were being asked to walk.
It doesn’t contain state secrets.Īt Junkee, we chose not to cover the story yesterday. It’s a publicly available Twitter account. Pyne’s claim to have been hacked may or may not be true. He claims someone tried to access his Facebook account this week as well.
