Comments on: A visit with Webcameron in London http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/11/a-visit-with-webcameron-in-london/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:34:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Ireland http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/11/a-visit-with-webcameron-in-london/#comment-344753 Tim Ireland Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:58:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/11/a-visit-with-webcameron-in-london/#comment-344753 Sam Roake can't be blamed for wanting to cast his project in a positive light, but he needs to be pulled up on a few things here: 1. Cameron's early broadcasts were very much scripted affairs with a deliberate 'candid' setting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3eZjS-ft7E 2. The family setting was window dressing... and this is the core point Sion Simon was trying to make in the 'offensive' segment of his unfunny piss-take; Cameron had, in effect, prostituted his family. Simon was immediately set upon by a bunch of Tory activists and sock-puppets, who were outraged at his 'personal attack' one minute and banging on about his piggy eyes and floppy hair the next. (I'm not up on the latest interpond lingo... does this count as a 'snit fit'?) 3. Cameron's web team actually used this good old-fashioned MSM-reliant faux-outrage attack to publicise Webcameron. So much for Web 2.0 4. Sam Roake lists the rather benign This is a Knife parody (chosen no doubt for its PR value) and then 'laughs it off'. The only other video responses he mentions are from two Labour MPs, Sion Simon and Tom Watson. From this small selection, one might be misled into thinking Webcameron has only been the victim of gentle joshing (on real television!) and party-political attacks. 5. Declaration of interest: I produced Tom Watson's website. And Boris Johnson's. Sam Roake can’t be blamed for wanting to cast his project in a positive light, but he needs to be pulled up on a few things here:

1. Cameron’s early broadcasts were very much scripted affairs with a deliberate ‘candid’ setting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3eZjS-ft7E

2. The family setting was window dressing… and this is the core point Sion Simon was trying to make in the ‘offensive’ segment of his unfunny piss-take; Cameron had, in effect, prostituted his family. Simon was immediately set upon by a bunch of Tory activists and sock-puppets, who were outraged at his ‘personal attack’ one minute and banging on about his piggy eyes and floppy hair the next. (I’m not up on the latest interpond lingo… does this count as a ’snit fit’?)

3. Cameron’s web team actually used this good old-fashioned MSM-reliant faux-outrage attack to publicise Webcameron. So much for Web 2.0

4. Sam Roake lists the rather benign This is a Knife parody (chosen no doubt for its PR value) and then ‘laughs it off’. The only other video responses he mentions are from two Labour MPs, Sion Simon and Tom Watson. From this small selection, one might be misled into thinking Webcameron has only been the victim of gentle joshing (on real television!) and party-political attacks.

5. Declaration of interest: I produced Tom Watson’s website. And Boris Johnson’s.

]]> By: Ian M. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/11/a-visit-with-webcameron-in-london/#comment-344714 Ian M. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:50:41 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/11/a-visit-with-webcameron-in-london/#comment-344714 Another reason not mentioned by Roake in explaining why it is conservatives are leading the push for the web is that in much of Europe, especially the UK, the conservatives have had a deeper relevance issue with younger people and their values than perhaps in the US. The drive to the web is as much as driven by neceessity to be (appear?) modern and in touch with today's values. Another reason not mentioned by Roake in explaining why it is conservatives are leading the push for the web is that in much of Europe, especially the UK, the conservatives have had a deeper relevance issue with younger people and their values than perhaps in the US. The drive to the web is as much as driven by neceessity to be (appear?) modern and in touch with today’s values.

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