Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Twitter Wars 2.0 - McLane vs. Bowen

First it was Gonzo vs. David Murphy, now it's the Inquirer's Jeff McLane taking on veteran Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News is the latest City of Brotherly Love pissing match via Twitter.

It all started Tuesday when McLane, citing sources, reported that Michael Vick would likely play against the 49ers.

Bowen responded by writing : "Oh, and BTW, nobody has any idea on Tuesday whether Michael Vick is starting this week. It was obvious Monday Andy thinks/hopes he will."

McLane, who has been accused by veteran writers of being in Joe Banner's hip pocket, fired back with three rapid fire Tweets:

"@LesBowen Right. I made it up. How about if Vick starts Sunday you have to say on Daily News Live, "I'm an old hack that hasn't broken a ...

"...story in years, needs my editor to keep my blog fresh, and missed Vick on Monday because I was cluelessly tapping away on my ...

"...computer and had to steal quotes from hard-working reporters who have a clue." If Vick doesn't start I'll eat my pencil. Sound good?"

Bowen, by and large, took the high-road, although he did respond cryptically to a Twitter user with the handle @MoorestownCup.

"I will handle my business in person, not thru yapping on Twitter. But thanks for your concern."

Well, handling it in person evidently meant a right cross.

Howard Eskin of WIP reported via Twitter today that Bowen "connected 2 the head" of McLane, and that the two had to be separated. 

It will be interesting to see how The Philadelphia Media Network, which owns both papers, handles the issue.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Video! One of the other reporters had film it on an IPhone or something! DIg it upand make it viral! Poor Mclane....Bowen is a fragile old man and he beat his arse....Mclane's a capital P

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