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November 20, 2008

The many puppets (or 'partners') of Andrew Gilligan

The Tory Troll brings us more on Andrew Gilligan the spontaneous outbreaks of text commonality that occur around him.

Here's the question that Andrew Gilligan refuses to answer:

Do you deny leaving comments underneath your own articles and articles about you, whilst pretending to be a third person?

Instead, Gilligan appears to be operating from the Iain Dale playbook:

a) rubbish your accusers while neatly sidestepping the main accusation(s)

b) if there's a minor accusation that you can refute, refute it *vehemently* (if you do this loudly enough, most people will mistake it for a response to the primary accusation and move on)

c) if they're not satisfied with this response and pursue the matter further, scream "Stalker!"

It's a c**t's game and I grow thoroughly sick of it.

Posted by Manic on November 20, 2008 8:49 AM in the category Old Media

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'Gilligan appears to be operating from the Iain Dale playbook'

*Appears* to be? Don't be coy, Tim. It's the Dale strategy to the last detail. Dale's a 'leading' blogger indeed.

Christ knows what things are going to look like in the run up to the next election. The message has been sent that sock-puppeting works and you can get away with it. Would you bet on Gilligan losing his job?

Posted by: Justin McKeating at November 20, 2008 9:43 AM

"The message has been sent that sock-puppeting works and you can get away with it."

Perhaps this is some of the 'best practice' stuff that Iain passes on to MPs wishing to benefit from his wealth of experience:
http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/11/mp-bloggers-censored-by-commons.html

After all, he taught Nadine Dorries everything she knows about blogging.

(No, I don't expect Gilligan to be sacked for any obvious attempt to deceive his readers. That would be silly... and this would be sarcasm.)

Posted by: Manic at November 20, 2008 11:49 AM

"Would you bet on Gilligan losing his job?"

If the Standard folds, yes. This will, of course, be a victory for Rupert Murdoch, amongst others, but sometimes you can't pick your friends.

BTW - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/20/blogging-london

One welcome consequence of de-sockpuppeting Mr. Gilligan is that he's shut up about bendy buses for now, leaving the field free for the sane.

Posted by: Tom at November 21, 2008 12:26 AM

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	« Specialist Speakers: can you trust their claims? \| Main \| BNP data grab bag » November 20, 2008 The many puppets (or 'partners') of Andrew Gilligan The Tory Troll brings us more on Andrew Gilligan the spontaneous outbreaks of text commonality that occur around him. Here's the question that Andrew Gilligan refuses to answer: Do you deny leaving comments underneath your own articles and articles about you, whilst pretending to be a third person? Instead, Gilligan appears to be operating from the Iain Dale playbook: a) rubbish your accusers while neatly sidestepping the main accusation(s) b) if there's a minor accusation that you can refute, refute it vehemently (if you do this loudly enough, most people will mistake it for a response to the primary accusation and move on) c) if they're not satisfied with this response and pursue the matter further, scream "Stalker!" It's a ct's game and I grow thoroughly sick of it. Posted by Manic on November 20, 2008 8:49 AM** in the category Old Media Pings (Trackback) For trackbacks, this is the URL: http://www.bloggerheads.com/cgi-bin/mt-tbbh_20x07.pl/2128 Comments 'Gilligan appears to be operating from the Iain Dale playbook' Appears to be? Don't be coy, Tim. It's the Dale strategy to the last detail. Dale's a 'leading' blogger indeed. Christ knows what things are going to look like in the run up to the next election. The message has been sent that sock-puppeting works and you can get away with it. Would you bet on Gilligan losing his job? Posted by: Justin McKeating at November 20, 2008 9:43 AM - "The message has been sent that sock-puppeting works and you can get away with it." Perhaps this is some of the 'best practice' stuff that Iain passes on to MPs wishing to benefit from his wealth of experience: http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/11/mp-bloggers-censored-by-commons.html After all, he taught Nadine Dorries everything she knows about blogging. (No, I don't expect Gilligan to be sacked for any obvious attempt to deceive his readers. That would be silly... and this would be sarcasm.) Posted by: Manic at November 20, 2008 11:49 AM - "Would you bet on Gilligan losing his job?" If the Standard folds, yes. This will, of course, be a victory for Rupert Murdoch, amongst others, but sometimes you can't pick your friends. BTW - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/20/blogging-london One welcome consequence of de-sockpuppeting Mr. Gilligan is that he's shut up about bendy buses for now, leaving the field free for the sane. Posted by: Tom at November 21, 2008 12:26 AM - Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you're new to Bloggerheads, you may need to be approved by the moderator before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? YesNo Comments:

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