Comments on: Are US politicians scared of social media? http://gov2.info/are-us-politicians-scared-of-social-media/ Showcasing Government sites in the Web2.0 age Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Priscilla http://gov2.info/are-us-politicians-scared-of-social-media/#comment-34 Priscilla Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:08:01 +0000 http://gov2.info/?p=40#comment-34 Malcolm Turnbull has a pretty good go of it, though. There are a few MPs that are very supportive of it, but due to their full-on schedules, don't find time in their day to take part. It's easy for us to be cynical (I am, constantly) but I think the blogosphere needs to be empathetic about how MPs view the world otherwise we'll never be able to bring them to the party. I would really like to see Lindsay Tanner taking a leadership role here and start blogging. He is the pollie for the dept of Finance, where AGIMO sits, after all. Malcolm Turnbull has a pretty good go of it, though.

There are a few MPs that are very supportive of it, but due to their full-on schedules, don’t find time in their day to take part. It’s easy for us to be cynical (I am, constantly) but I think the blogosphere needs to be empathetic about how MPs view the world otherwise we’ll never be able to bring them to the party.

I would really like to see Lindsay Tanner taking a leadership role here and start blogging. He is the pollie for the dept of Finance, where AGIMO sits, after all.

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