Many gaffes taking place online, ‘no weaseling out of them’

And party leaders are far quicker to pull the plug on candidates as exposure rises in 24-hour news cycle.

The election campaign has been marked by almost daily sensational gaffes, principally generated by candidates' inflammatory statements and past indiscretions, but political experts say for the first time the source of these troubles has been internet-based. They say that bloggers have played a su...

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