9:03AM Clem Bastow | If you ever wondered whether the politicians who pop up on Facebook are real or just puppets run by glasses-wearing lackeys eating Cheetos, this latest snafu should sort things out for you: a number of Australian pollies have ended up red-faced after the dirty laundry they
aired on Facebook inadvertently ended up broadcast to the whole world. Sadly, said dirty laundry was not quite of the “snapped vomiting while doing a backflip at the office Christmas party variety” but, well, beggars can’t be choosers, can they?
As sites like Facebook and MySpace become increasingly popular, more politicians are creating profiles to engage with constituents and the community at large.
But, without knowing exactly what they are doing, MPs are getting themselves in to trouble.
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