Politicians, Watch Out When you Twitter!
Politicians are reaching out to their constituents in new ways . . . . That's the subject of this post ("There was some buzz this evening (I'm guessing kicked off by a post by Robert Scoble about politicians embracing technology in DC) with people pointing out that a Texas congressman named John Culberson has his own Twitter account.").
I think this is great.
However, the usual admonitions apply to politicians reaching out to constituents using new technologies. What you say may be intended to be private, but I would assume that it's not.
That's probably advice this politician should have heeded [TPM]:
Thankfully for Mr. Gibbons, it doesn't seem like the contents of the messages are available at this point:
Let's hope for his sake that's actually true.
I think this is great.
However, the usual admonitions apply to politicians reaching out to constituents using new technologies. What you say may be intended to be private, but I would assume that it's not.
That's probably advice this politician should have heeded [TPM]:
Throughout his very messy and public divorce with his wife of 22 years, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has repeatedly denied having an affair -- despite being seen cavorting around town with two married women half his age and a suspicious friendship he had struck up with Kathy Karrasch, a neighbor of the Gibbonses and the estranged wife of a Reno podiatrist.
But the Reno Gazette-Journal uncovered documents this week that reveal that in just 6 weeks the governor exchanged 867 personal text messages with Karrasch, making their relationship seem a little more than friendly.
But the Reno Gazette-Journal uncovered documents this week that reveal that in just 6 weeks the governor exchanged 867 personal text messages with Karrasch, making their relationship seem a little more than friendly.
Thankfully for Mr. Gibbons, it doesn't seem like the contents of the messages are available at this point:
The content of the messages is unavailable, Gibbons’ spokesman Ben Kieckhefer said. The messages were never saved to the Blackberry’s permanent memory card and the governor routinely cleaned them from the temporary memory on his phone, Kieckhefer said.
A spokesman for AT&T, the state’s cell phone carrier, said the company doesn’t keep text messages longer than 72 hours.
A spokesman for AT&T, the state’s cell phone carrier, said the company doesn’t keep text messages longer than 72 hours.
Let's hope for his sake that's actually true.
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