Just in case you didn’t know, we have a March 20 election in Tasmania and it has a Facebook edge to it. Read on,<\/p>\n
After promising the requisite clean campaign, Labor posted a web link: liberalsrealchange.com. It looked like a Liberal Party site, but hit the “go” button and up popped: “Will Hodgman’s $2 billion, four-lane Midland’s Highway is a hoax!” And on it went about most everything Hodgman, the leader of the Liberal party, had had to say in his adult life.<\/p>\n
The reaction from Liberal and Labor voters was extreme. But rather than pull the link and blame it on overzealous supporters our generation X leader decided to ask his followers on Facebook what he should do.<\/p>\n
The idea of a political leader seeking advice from Facebook in the middle of an election campaign when you are meant to be projecting strong leadership was nothing short of bizarre.<\/p>\n
The responses were a hoot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
See selected responses and the\u00a0article Facebook ‘friends’ drop one on Tasmania’s Robin. <\/a><\/p>\n
While I have no comment on the overall argument of the article, the use of Facebook\u00a0by our Tasmanian Premier to receive advice shows once again that Tasmania leads the way\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n
Question: Is this use of social networking (Facebook) ‘bizarre’ or a good way to receive comment and gauge opinion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just in case you didn’t know, we have a March 20 election in Tasmania and it has a Facebook edge to it. Read on, After promising the requisite clean campaign, Labor posted a web link: liberalsrealchange.com. It looked like a … Continue reading