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Freelance editor, journalist and photographer. Co-editor of http://bigtechquestion.com  and director of Lewes FC.

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    Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014

    I was once accidentally sent my media profile by Microsoft's former press agency, which warned execs not be drawn by "aggressive questions".

    1:43 AM - 10 Jul 2014
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      2. Orestis Bastounis‏ @MrBastounis 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins Silly naive me was unaware they did that. I’m still a noob really.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @MrBastounis

        @MrBastounis This one was seven pages long! They know more about me than I do.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Orestis Bastounis‏ @MrBastounis 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins a tiny bit scary

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Matt Egan‏Verified account @MattJEgan 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @MrBastounis

        @MrBastounis @bazzacollins I'd be afraid to ask in case they didn't have one on me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @MattJEgan

        @MattJEgan @MrBastounis Oh, they've got one. It's the one the keep in the filing cabinet marked "ONLY IN EVENT OF NUCLEAR ATTACK".

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Matt Egan‏Verified account @MattJEgan 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins @MrBastounis 'There's nothing for it. We'll have to... call Egan'

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Kev Brook‏ @Kev_Brook 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins If that's the case I'm expecting some stronger probing of Garry & Danny next season.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Kev_Brook

        @Kev_Brook I've sent Charlie my expenses form for thumbscrews and angle-poise lamp to thrust in their faces.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Tim Anderson‏ @timanderson 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins We should be invited to write our own

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @timanderson

        @timanderson "Barry is regarded as the Kofi Annan of IT journalism..."

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Richard Knowles‏ @RichKnowles 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins ha, that's nothing. you should see what we tell them about you.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @RichKnowles

        @RichKnowles Come now. Those charges were dropped.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Riyad Emeran‏ @RiyadEmeran 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins You? Aggressive? Never :-) I dread to think what mine said!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @RiyadEmeran

        @RiyadEmeran We should do an FOI request.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. P J Bryant‏ @pjbryant 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins was it annotated as a "JH"?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @pjbryant

        @pjbryant Eh?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. P J Bryant‏ @pjbryant 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins Microsoft and aggressive questioning, I thought they might mark you up as similar to Jon?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @pjbryant

        @pjbryant Ah, gotcha. Sorry. I think @jonhoneyball has his own special file they keep in the vaults.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Jon Honeyball‏ @jonhoneyball 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins @pjbryant the briefing doc done by @bradsilverberg ’s team 20 yrs ago said “do not lie to this guy, he will rip yr head off”

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Mark Kember‏ @MarkyK 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @jonhoneyball

        @jonhoneyball @bazzacollins @pjbryant @bradsilverberg obligatory link to Mike Magee's Intel PR doc - http://volesoft.com/2008/03/15/intels-guide-to-the-european-press/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Barry Collins‏Verified account @bazzacollins 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @MarkyK

        @MarkyK @jonhoneyball @pjbryant @bradsilverberg "Cynical in the extreme". Or "doesn't clap at press conferences", unlike US journos.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Jon Honeyball‏ @jonhoneyball 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @bazzacollins

        @bazzacollins @MarkyK @pjbryant @bradsilverberg my last MS “rating” was “neutral/negative” which i was quite proud of :-)

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