News of the World Staffers Face Off With Public on Twitter

Staffers didn’t have much time to absorb the news about the closing of The News of the World before they were besieged by tweets from an angry public that seemed gleeful at the news that the journalists were losing their jobs.

In particular, Rufus Hound, a comedian with more than 282,000 followers, got into a row with NOTW TV writer Ian Hyland and Emma Cox, another TV writer. Right after the shutdown was announced, Hyland took Hound to account for his “sanctimonious tweeting” over the issue. Hound responded by tweeting sardonically, “Bye then *waves*.”

The conversation culminated with Hyland calling Hound a “right tit.”



Cox, meanwhile, took the higher road and suggested they “agree to disagree.”

That discourse was civilized compared to other comments, in particular @GetInMyShade, who tweeted, that NOTW showbiz editor Dan Wootton should “rot in the pit of hell.”



Wootton, for his part, tweeted that he was “absolutely devastated” by the news. That sentiment was echoed by Tina Campanella, a news reporter, who tweeted, that she, too was “absolutely devastated.”



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