Comments on: Kent TV is bollocks

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:49 +0000

I actually meant to do a blog post saying what a good statement of intent Richard (I think) set out sometime around Christmas – really hitting ther nail on the head about how blogs should b be used to analyse Tory practices in a way which the local press never does.

But i didn’t, as some other stuff came up, and now I feel stupid. Perhaps I’ll revisit it, having just recently been ‘invited’ in myself to talk with the senior big wigs about my blogging activities etc.

Well done.

By: Michael Child

Michael Child — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:18:29 +0000

Ta. Just added you to my links

By: David Semple

David Semple — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:05:36 +0000

Well frankly I’m glad to hear that in this part of the world, there are people on the ball – well done the lot of you.

By: Richard Eastcliff

Richard Eastcliff — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:02:46 +0000

As Michael quite rightly says, there is a very active blogging scene in Thanet, primarily because of the dissatisfaction with our Tory dominated local government. I would hesitate to call them corrupt, as incompetence often does a pretty fair impression of corruption, but it’s borderline if you ask me.

We’ve broken a number of stories over the past year or two which the local papers have been too cowardly or subservient to touch. Until we’ve published them, that is.

The letter Kent TV sent to Tony was outrageous. I’ve seen it (I wrote the story for the Eye) and frankly it’s a jaw dropper. If it hadn’t been for the fact that Tony is not a man to take these sorts of things lying down, he would almost certainly have never criticised Kent TV or KCC again. Which was presumably what they intended.

By: Michael Child

Michael Child — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:01:56 +0000

I’m afraid the first comment with all its errors was done between customers on a fairly hectic day in the bookshop.

By: tony flaig

tony flaig — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:59:34 +0000

Thank you for you comments they are much appreciated, as far as I can tell in writing about Kent TV, my opinions and thoughts have been made in regard to policy.

I’d like Kent Council to accept responsibility or what some people call ownership.

Even to day the deputy leader Alex King has put out an email to council members informing them that “Paul Carter and Geoff Wild, Director of Law and Governance, have replied to Mr Flaig to assure him that KCC respects the right to free speech and that his comments have been taken seriously.” well I have yet to see the reply from Paul Carter that mentions my right to free speech. Probably in the spam folder!

By: David Semple

David Semple — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:50:51 +0000

Ah, now I understand better; well said.

By: Michael Child

Michael Child — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:47:16 +0000

Sorry don’t mistake me not your throw away comment Kent TV said hits i.e. about the same as my site.

By: David Semple

David Semple — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:52 +0000

I can’t see how a throwaway comment about “hits” rather than “page views” is “very worrying”, Michael. I haven’t picked up my copy of Private Eye this week so I didn’t know an article was included.

By: Michael Child

Michael Child — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:08:41 +0000

David there is a very strong and fairly local government critical blogging scene here in Thanet and we all breathed a sigh of relief when KCC caved on this one, nicely topped of with this weeks article in Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs this week. This talk if hits from Kent TV is very worrying, as hits don’t mean page views or anything much at all. For anyone unfamiliar with what I am getting here this link takes you to the webstats for one of my websites http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/stats/ I am not sure if the link will work as I haven’t posted here before, but if you can get there its pretty self evident 21.55 hits means 1 page visit on my site.