Politics
My Fifteen Minutes Of Fame — On TV and Radio Around The World
Shakespeare said “Misery acquaints man with strange bedfellows” — but he had nothing on what politics brings to your door.
Being interviewed by radio stations around the world
I hadn’t heard this recording before. It’s one of probably a dozen I did.
It’s a recording of my interview on Radio NZ about the quality of election policy, or the lack thereof, when I had some press about using Twitter to comment on the Election at the time of Gillard/Tony Abbott.
Way back in 2010. It’s amazing what you find when you do a Google search.
Here’s something for the new website or blog. This will be great for the media section. It’s just click to play
After appearing on the Kerri-Anne Kennerly TV show — live and broadcast nationally — two things happened.
Getty Images panicked because they didn’t have a file photo of this new sensational political commentator. They sent a photographer to get one. He supplied one to me.
I started seeing my image in international newspapers as the iconic image of the tech savvy grandmother who tweets.
The other was that I was subjected to six months of intensive bullying on Twitter by a bunch of people who dubbed themselves #PTUB — Perth Twitter Underground Brigade. The least said about them the better.
I can personally attest to the pain and distress that cyberbullying creates — and before the year was out, they had turned on one of their own.
I don’t intend to name names, but the shame of their activities should ring in their ears to this day. Colluding and hiding behind fake names on Twitter, they were horrified when I dared to turn up at a Sunday Session in a Vic Park pub. One playing his guitar and the others were his “groupies”.
I did not break. Thankfully, I had strong friends who supported me. Had I been a 15yo schoolgirl, I dread to think of the outcome for me and my family.
If this story has raised issues for you, please contact your local help services — in Australia, you can access assistance through services like Kids Help Line, or National Centre Against Bullying.
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