Booing Bev

January 12, 2012 - byGary Pearce

The “Smith Center Boos Bev” story is why my new-media guru Nation Hahn says: “If you’re not on Twitter, you’re not part of the conversation.”

I was following the New Hampshire results on Twitter Tuesday night (the best way to do it) when John Frank of the N&O tweeted that the Smith Center crowd booed Governor Perdue during a halftime presentation.

John Dervin from the Governor’s staff quickly tweeted to her defense. He said the boos were scattered and drowned out by applause. Republican tweeters quickly disagreed. The battle raged on Twitter yesterday, with both sides spinning and tweeting.

There was nothing in the hard copy of the paper, and only a couple of grafs on line. You missed it if you weren’t on Twitter.
 
To get an accurate view of how bad it was, I asked a nonpolitical friend who was there. “Big boos for Bev,” he said. I asked an active Democrat who was there. She called the volume of boos “shocking.” She said it came from the Big Rams, not students. And she noted that Bev did not return for the second half.
 
This has to be galling, as well as embarrassing, for the Governor. Where’s the love, she might ask, for vetoing a budget that cut UNC.
 
Final note: I was at the State game last night, and the Governor was not booed. Of course, she wasn’t there. The boos were reserved for our team’s play.
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Booing Bev

January 12, 2012/Gary Pearce

The “Smith Center Boos Bev” story is why my new-media guru Nation Hahn says: “If you’re not on Twitter, you’re not part of the conversation.”

I was following the New Hampshire results on Twitter Tuesday night (the best way to do it) when John Frank of the N&O tweeted that the Smith Center crowd booed Governor Perdue during a halftime presentation.

John Dervin from the Governor’s staff quickly tweeted to her defense. He said the boos were scattered and drowned out by applause. Republican tweeters quickly disagreed. The battle raged on Twitter yesterday, with both sides spinning and tweeting.

There was nothing in the hard copy of the paper, and only a couple of grafs on line. You missed it if you weren’t on Twitter.
 
To get an accurate view of how bad it was, I asked a nonpolitical friend who was there. “Big boos for Bev,” he said. I asked an active Democrat who was there. She called the volume of boos “shocking.” She said it came from the Big Rams, not students. And she noted that Bev did not return for the second half.
 
This has to be galling, as well as embarrassing, for the Governor. Where’s the love, she might ask, for vetoing a budget that cut UNC.
 
Final note: I was at the State game last night, and the Governor was not booed. Of course, she wasn’t there. The boos were reserved for our team’s play.
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