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# Andrew Orlowski vs Paul Carr and Twestival
- URL: https://werd.io/andrew-orlowski-vs-paul-carr-and-twestival/
- Published: 2009-02-17T08:28:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:57.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Linklog, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, Web, andrew orlowski, journalism, paul carr, the register, twestival, twitter, web 2.0, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

*A group of unpaid volunteers used social media to create a global event that has already - before anything like the final total has been counted - raised a six figure amount to provide clean water to some of the world's poorest people. Your response to that was sneering and deliberately skewed to prove your point.*

[Can you guess what my column's going to be about this week?](http://www.paulcarr.com/can-you-guess-what-my-columns-going-to-be-about-this-week/) Paul Carr rips Andrew Orlowski a deserved new one. Orlowski is an awful journalist, who seems to be prone to temper tantrums; [here's his version](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/16/fotw%5Fpaul%5Fcarr/).