Monday 9 May 2011

Super Injunction Superhero - Twitter user lists Injunction ''Celebrities''

Twitter user @Injunction Super has thrown a massive spanner in the carefully created machine of celebrity super injunctions by revealing the names of people who have recently taken out injunctions and listed the 'crimes' that they were so keen to hide. 

These allegations include the premier league family man who had a six month affair with former Big Brother babe Imogen Thomas (though why he wanted to keep that secret is beyond me -  I would've told anyone who'd listen), as well as other personal stories concerning some Z listeners that should be glad of the publicity.

Whether or not the user could be sued for libel or defamation remains to be seen, as this is effectively a ground breaking story - and one that highlights the ever increasing change that social networking sites are having on journalism. The papers are surely loving this development - the red tops will surely now be able to print the sexy pictures and stories of fame hungry home wreckers and the qualities will surely be able to write about their own brand of smut by criticising Andrew Marr - though I pray there wasn't a sex tape involved in his affair. 

Should we care about the private lives of these people? Probably not.
Will the recent media backlash against super injunctions benefit from this masked crusader? Probably.
Is this yet another example of how social networking is changing the face of Journalism? Definitely.

And whilst your @ it (see what I did there) follow me on http://twitter.com/#!/joshyboytyler - ignore the shameless attempts for a retweet - I might be a good journalist one day...

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