McCann sky news internet troll found dead in Enderby..

[DennisNedry]

Most bullies are cowards once confronted.

 

Silly bitch.

[Merging Cultures]

Sad for all involved.

Agree with those saying Sky have something to answer here.

The woman should have been in front of the courts not a TV camera. But 24/7 news needs to fill all those minutes.

[l444ry]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/06/was-brenda-leyland-really-a-troll-mccanns?CMP=twt_gu

[johnny the fox]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/06/was-brenda-leyland-really-a-troll-mccanns?CMP=twt_gu

As previously said.. its very sad, hope the right people ask the right questions, and get true answers, according to channel 4 news her name was leaked from a report given to scotland yard.

[l444ry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Qrqj87gv4

[Webbo]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/06/was-brenda-leyland-really-a-troll-mccanns?CMP=twt_gu

 

Ultimately, individuals who troll or become obsessed with conspiracy theories can be driven by many factors – boredom, loneliness, a need for validation – and we cannot discount the possibility of mental health problems. At times, their behaviour may border on loathsome,

 

[WhatsHisName]

Sky News may face Ofcom inquiry after complaints over death of McCann ‘troll’

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/06/sky-news-ofcom-inquiry-complaints-death-mccann-troll

Sky have a lot to answer for.

[Bellend Sebastian]

I expect that there was a bit of this going on.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

[Filbert_Ross]

Thought this was a decent article in the paper today- http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-case-of-brenda-leyland-and-the-mccanns-is-a-thoroughly-modern-tale-of-internet-lawlessness-9778262.html

[Webbo]

Thought this was a decent article in the paper today- http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-case-of-brenda-leyland-and-the-mccanns-is-a-thoroughly-modern-tale-of-internet-lawlessness-9778262.html

That's spot on imo.

[leicsmac]

Real nest of vipers this one.

 

On the one hand people use the anonymity of the Internet to spout the most vile and reprehensible shit without consequence, and there perhaps should be more accountability. Her tweets regarding the McCanns definitely fall into the 'vile and reprehensible' category IMO.

 

However she clearly needed help, not to be hounded to suicide by the gutter press. 

 

Sorry mess all around.

[WhatsHisName]

 the gutter press. 

 

 

Sky News is a respectable news channel, which many have looked up to for years, but ''Gutter Press'' is also what I thought with the

[Guest MattP]

I think people need to make sure they don't go over the top here.

 

I watched the report on Sky, they confronted her asked her 2-3 questions, then she legged it, then she came back and they did an interview behind closed doors they reported on. If anything I thought at the time they were too leniant given the things she had wrote.

 

She certainly wasn't 'hounded' as I have read.

[Webbo]

She posted 4.000 odd vile tweets over a long period of time without worrying about how that would effect anyone. Sky news find out about it and confront and she's apparently hounded to death? What if Kate McCann had committed suicide in response to her hate campaign? The trolls would no doubt consider it further proof of their guilt and think it justified their actions.

 

She chose to be a troll and she chose to kill herself, Sky news did nothing wrong. 

[MooseBreath]

Had a flick through the archive and the tweets didn't seem that bad to be honest. I've seen worse written on here. Maybe i I missed the really bad ones, but seems a bit unfair and maybe a bit of a dangerous precedent to invade this woman's privacy if all she was doing was posting an unpopular opinion in a dark corner of the Internet.

[ADK]

Anyone got links or quotes of what she wrote?

[Guest MattP]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns#1zznvp3

 

Loads on there mate.

[ADK]

I couldn't see anything obvious that was particularly bad?

[l444ry]

I couldn't see anything obvious that was particularly bad?

And she only had 172 Twitter followers. Both Pro and Anti's have been insulting one another online ever since the event. People shouldn't suppose that the media are reporting this tragedy with an even hand, as some posters above seem to have done.  

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/amanda_mccabe/status/519430252104519680

[WhatsHisName]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns#1zznvp3

 

Loads on there mate.s which relly aren't that bad resulyed ib Sky News f

I can't believe these postings resulted in Sky news going out and finding her. But apparently she made thousands of anti McCann postings which would be what caused so many problems

''Madeline McCann troll 'sent thousands of hate tweets':http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2782824/McCann-troll-Brenda-Leyland-sent-thousands-hate-tweets.html

 

[MC Prussian]

A while ago, I read a report elsewhere about another guy who indulged in sometimes vicious attacks on others online in comments sections of various news portals, simply trying to wind people up.

Turns out he spends a pretty miserable life on welfare (due to being disabled following a work accident) and uses his online persona to gain validation and self-esteem as a measure to balance his otherwise gloomy and senseless days.

Back in the days, one used to spend a lot more time and effort in writing (letters), today there's no real and clear-cut rules as how to act on the internet - and I'm probably guilty of that myself sometimes. Personally, I can see this being a double-edged sword. I think police and the justice system should do mire against online trolling, yet the freedom of speech should be maintained. If you think it's great to come up with libellous content or comments bordering on slander, you clearly haven't thought about the consequences.