Comments on: Twittering In A Happy Place

By: baker

baker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:26:21 +0000

Will — Just here to try and keep you a little bit honest. I suppose that gets under your skin (but to think what a swell guy you used to be, Will…makes me sad we can’t have legitimate disagreements without your becoming ugly about things).

Bob Dalton is, as you say, a fine reporter and a good dude. I doubt he buys your right-wing PPIC non-sense, either. But he is a great guy.

By: UpstateDemocrat

UpstateDemocrat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:13:21 +0000

Yeah, we’re just not blessed with your rhetorical flourish and knack for humor. Too busy being bitter about being ignored up here. (Oh noes. :X)

By: fitsnews

fitsnews — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:55:15 +0000

“Upstate Democrat,”

So serious!

-FITS

By: UpstateDemocrat

UpstateDemocrat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:53:04 +0000

Jason Spencer has always seemed to me a dedicated, even-handed and very much in-touch reporter. He is neither a gadfly or scurrilous muckraker.

Don’t resort to mocking one of the state’s hardest-working journalists just because he’s active in a network. As Twitter gains traction, it’s an invaluable tool for him because it draws attention to his reporting and topics in Spartanburg county.

In regard to his “annoying” use of @replies…The only one I saw was to question your leads on the Katon/SLED story. He’s using Twitter to save time by not having to investigate your nonsense. As opposed to you, he seems to have a pretty favorable reputation among S.C. press hacks.

Cracking wise by using a picture of him to paint him as a ‘hippie’ is tantamount to using your mug shot and calling you a balding wife-beater. (Read: Therefore disreputable and loopy) It shows a complete lack of creativity, objectivity and research.

By: duh

duh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:21:37 +0000

Spencer is probably a fine reporter, but he has a problem with sourcing. It’s usually better to call the subject of a story for input BEFORE the story runs. Surely, this must still be taught in J-school.

By: HIPAA Violator

HIPAA Violator — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:41:28 +0000

When I first saw the picture, I thought you were doing a piece on HBO’s hilarious new comedy series, East Bound and Down.

By: tammy

tammy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:31:33 +0000

I (heart) Jason, Bob and Baker but not Twitter. I guess I’m just old.

By: Swing Daddy

Swing Daddy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:18:49 +0000

I was arrested for twittering on a park bench.

By: Nancyt

Nancyt — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:08:16 +0000

Such a grumpy old man…I’ll get you one way or the other to love Twitter. Really really love it.

By: Wes Wolfe

Wes Wolfe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:47:35 +0000

Ha…I am sure people have called me a tool before, but it was always behind my back (jokes). By the way, it is 140 characters. But, like I said in another post on my site, like any tech, you have to know how to use it. If you know, it is a great resource. If not, it is easy enough to sit with Brad Warthen in a rocking chair at the Home and joke about the kids and the crazy things they are doing these days.

Got to go, though. Lots of toolishness to get to this fine evening.