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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Simon Jeffery

When social media attacks – a 'first class' example

There was a clip briefly on YouTube this morning that has now been replaced by a notice saying it was blocked by ITV on copyright grounds.

Now, I may be leaping to conclusions here, possibly putting two and two together and making five, but I have a suspicion it wasn't copyright considerations alone that led ITV to pull the 19 second clip.

In fact, I'd suggest there is even some embarrassment at how when Mark Austin says its debate coverage is going to cut to what people are saying on Facebook, a message shows up calling Cameron a "first class ..."

Hint: it's not party leader. To complete the sentence, see The Media Blog screengrabs.

Update: Thanks to Heppyhack in the comments for a working link.

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