Making social media gaffes
CBC News
Posted: Aug 12, 2012 10:39 AM NT
Last Updated: Aug 12, 2012 1:29 PM NT
On this week’s episode of On Point, guest host Jonathan Crowe talks to social media analyst Lyle Wetsch about a controversial tweet Liberal MP, Scott Andrews posted to Twitter about an impaled seagull.
The On Point panel— former Conservative MHA Shawn Skinner, former Liberal MP Siobhan Coady and labour leader Lana Payne are asked their thoughts on the rules politicians and others should follow when tweeting, facebooking, and doing all things social media.
Crowe also asks the panel about the cost of the Muskrat Falls hydro project, and what a higher-cost project could mean for the province.
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