http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/jeremy-luscombe/ UNSW journalism student and Punch intern en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-misguided-tales-of-twitter-turning-bitter/ This weekend, Qantas was left red-faced when a person responsible for its official Twitter stream, @QantasAirways, tweeted a picture of two black-faced Wallabies supporters at the Bledisloe Cup game in Brisbane. The picture was said by many to be a racist representation of veteran Wallabies player Radike Samo, who scored a thrilling runaway try in the match. Others said it was a perfectly valid picture of enthusiastic fans. No matter where you sit on this particular issue, there’s no doubt you can get yourself in hot water on Twitter – whether you do your own Tweets or someone does them for you. Let’s look at a six-pack of Twitter mishaps and see what we can learn. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jeremy Luscombe) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-misguided-tales-of-twitter-turning-bitter/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-misguided-tales-of-twitter-turning-bitter/#item6600 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:50:36 +0000 Jeremy Luscombe | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/My-date-with-80-thousand-sweaty-love-starved-joggers/ They call it Heartbreak Hill. The City to Surf’s telling point. A 1.4km stretch of sheer running pain with spectacular views over Sydney harbour which you’re far too buggered to appreciate. Yet on race day, you could be forgiven for thinking it was named “RSVP Hill” with the amount of advertising material for said dating website. The site, owned by Fairfax Media, assaulted the masses who tackled the hill with cheesy running puns like “hot” and “heartbroken” stapled to telegraph poles. Indeed, it seems that among the empty plastic cups, the whole race was littered with some message or another. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jeremy Luscombe) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/My-date-with-80-thousand-sweaty-love-starved-joggers/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/My-date-with-80-thousand-sweaty-love-starved-joggers/#item6540 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:40:36 +0000 Jeremy Luscombe | Author bios | The Punch