Saturday 19 February 2011

Calm down dear – it's only a row on Twitter... - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

Calm down dear – it's only a row on Twitter... - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

When people engage in online rows, known as "flame wars", they often do battle from behind the cloak of anonymity. Yesterday Michael Winner tried to douse a spectacular and very public conflagration sparked by a dispute with Victoria Coren.

The film director and food critic tweeted that Ms Coren, the broadcaster and writer, was "rude beyond belief" and "not well brought up" after she made a late-night phone call to the Winner residence in London. Ms Coren was so shocked by a series of "pitiful" tweets from Winner's account that day, which marvelled at her breasts, she believed his account might have been hacked into by an adolescent boy.

A furious Winner confirmed that the tweets were his, and objected to a "stranger" calling him so late. .....

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