http://www.tmponline.org/2007/11/08/chuka-in-conversation-with-polly/ The online political magazine and forum Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:38:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.tmponline.org/2007/11/08/chuka-in-conversation-with-polly/#comment-211 A week in blogs ‘n’ media « Muslim Recovery Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:07:19 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=254#comment-211 [...] Chuka in conversation with Polly Chuka Umunna, TMP CU: The blogosphere seems to be a whole new body of comment that seems to be quite male dominated but, ironically, very bitchy. What do you make of it? PT: It’s a nightmare. I only really see the Guardian’s Comment Is Free blogs which attract some of the most right wing people – my entries certainly do! On the other hand, if you look at the responses George Monbiot gets, perhaps because he’s a man, he doesn’t get the same vitriol. I get these people who are not in a million years Guardian readers! Jackie Ashley gets the same. CU: I’ve had it with my own Guardian blog entries too. PT: Hmm…you have - well there is this nasty group of men, who often seem to get up at 5am waiting for your column… [...] [...] Chuka in conversation with Polly Chuka Umunna, TMP CU: The blogosphere seems to be a whole new body of comment that seems to be quite male dominated but, ironically, very bitchy. What do you make of it? PT: It’s a nightmare. I only really see the Guardian’s Comment Is Free blogs which attract some of the most right wing people – my entries certainly do! On the other hand, if you look at the responses George Monbiot gets, perhaps because he’s a man, he doesn’t get the same vitriol. I get these people who are not in a million years Guardian readers! Jackie Ashley gets the same. CU: I’ve had it with my own Guardian blog entries too. PT: Hmm…you have - well there is this nasty group of men, who often seem to get up at 5am waiting for your column… [...]

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