speed, honesty and fairness, that's all we ask

Fascinating day so far watching two stories unfold...

1. Jan Moir



Mail journalist has the audacity to speculate that Steven Gately's death was not the result of natural causes, blindly ingnoring the coroners verdict in a bid to push her homophobic agenda. Twitter erupts, facebook follows suit and now messrs Brooker and Greenslade are all onboard writing articles. The pressure is well and truly on all in a matter of hours.

2. TFL



Blogger notices elderly gentleman being manhandled by TFL staff. Blogs about it, gains traction - public appalled. Terrible timing given that Boris put the costs of London transport up yesterday. TFL respond within a matter of hours via You Tube and promise full response asap.

What has struck me has been the speed with which things have happened in both narratives. From initial snowballing to widespread public denunciation can be a matter of minutes given the technology available.

All eyes on the Mail to see what they will do. The last time I checked the Jan Moir hashtag, there was 1014 tweets in last 29 minutes. If this carries at the same speed for the rest of the day, The Mail will have achieved a quite respectable 10,000 negative comments from the public in one day. Even by the this papers standards this is good going.

hugh de winton