Who’s getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?
Who’s getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?
Sometimes, on Twitter, it’s hard to tell whose opinion to take at face value, and whose opinion is dictated by the terms of a binding contract, signed in blood and stored in a locked safe behind a painting on John Tory’s office wall. Thankfully, Canada.com’s Marc Weisblott has put together this handy guide to the paid and unpaid Twitter promoters of all the major mayoral candidates. Use it as you see fit.
![](http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://torontolife.com/city/mayoral-candidate-shills-on-twitter/&title=Who’s getting paid to shill for mayoral candidates on Twitter?&picture=https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/john-tory-tweet-624x395.jpg&description=[caption id="attachment_265323" align="alignnone" width="656"] It may shock you to learn that some tweets, like this one from John Tory's spokesperson, aren't perfectly impartial.[/caption]
Sometimes, on Twitter, it's hard to tell whose opinion to take at face value, and whose opinion is dictated by the terms of a binding contract, signed in blood and stored in a locked safe behind a painting on John Tory’s office wall. Thankfully, Canada.com's Marc Weisblott has put together this handy guide to the paid and unpaid Twitter promoters of all the major mayoral candidates. Use it as you see fit.){kind=link}
When politicians learn a) to research the full spectrum of their platform and b) to “teach” the masses of their reasons for supporting an agenda, instead of coming out of the blue with one or two sentences, they will have a much, much better chance to convince the public of their vision and worth. Chow’s support of TTC improvement, but not of the relief line, is an example of both.