As James’ later comment identified, blog posts are very much subject to interpretation by each reader, and his use of the Twitter quote might have got Rory Cellan-Jones’ goat more than was intended. Likewise, Cellan-Jones’ BBC post provoked Graham on his blog, and so it goes on.

Yes, I certainly can be bothered. Journalists are fascinated to see where social media takes and develops reporting, and how it redefines the remits of journalism, especially when journalists start to use different voices in a public manner. All we’re doing at Journalism.co.uk is documenting that, and hoping to stimulate further useful debate…