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| Gove attacks 'distorting' social media after animal sentience row | Gove attacks 'distorting' social media after animal sentience row |
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| Michael Gove has hit out at the way social media "corrupts and distorts" political reporting and decision making following a row about animal welfare. | Michael Gove has hit out at the way social media "corrupts and distorts" political reporting and decision making following a row about animal welfare. |
| The environment secretary said attacks on MPs over a vote on an EU protocol about "animal sentience" had been "absolutely wrong". | The environment secretary said attacks on MPs over a vote on an EU protocol about "animal sentience" had been "absolutely wrong". |
| The Commons vote sparked protests and a celebrity-backed social media campaign. | The Commons vote sparked protests and a celebrity-backed social media campaign. |
| After the interview, Mr Gove was criticised over his role in claims made during the EU Referendum. | After the interview, Mr Gove was criticised over his role in claims made during the EU Referendum. |
| David Cameron's former communications chief Craig Oliver tweeted: "Interesting to hear Michael Gove complaining about the distortions of social media. £350m? Turkey? EU army?" | David Cameron's former communications chief Craig Oliver tweeted: "Interesting to hear Michael Gove complaining about the distortions of social media. £350m? Turkey? EU army?" |
| Last week MPs voted not to incorporate part of an EU treaty recognising that animals could feel emotion and pain into the EU Withdrawal Bill. | Last week MPs voted not to incorporate part of an EU treaty recognising that animals could feel emotion and pain into the EU Withdrawal Bill. |
| Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas had tabled the amendment to the EU bill, which would have transferred the EU protocol on animal sentience - the ability to experience feelings - into domestic law. | |
| But ministers argued that the recognition of animals' sentience already existed in UK law and MPs rejected the amendment. | |
| 'Raw and authentic' | 'Raw and authentic' |
| Mr Gove told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "On social media there was a suggestion that somehow the MPs had voted against the principle that animals are sentient beings, that did not happen, that is absolutely wrong." | Mr Gove told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "On social media there was a suggestion that somehow the MPs had voted against the principle that animals are sentient beings, that did not happen, that is absolutely wrong." |
| "There is an unhappy tendency now for people to believe that the raw and authentic voice of what's shared on social media is more reliable than what is said in Hansard or on the BBC. | "There is an unhappy tendency now for people to believe that the raw and authentic voice of what's shared on social media is more reliable than what is said in Hansard or on the BBC. |
| "More than that there is a particular concern somehow, a belief somehow that outside the European Union our democratic institutions can't do better than we did in the EU. We've got to challenge both those points." | "More than that there is a particular concern somehow, a belief somehow that outside the European Union our democratic institutions can't do better than we did in the EU. We've got to challenge both those points." |
| He said Parliament was "an effective and vigorous institution which can ensure protection for human rights and animal rights". | He said Parliament was "an effective and vigorous institution which can ensure protection for human rights and animal rights". |
| "We've also got to stand up against the way in which social media corrupts and distorts both reporting and decision making... It's important that all of us do that and that some of us who shared some of these messages on social media have been generous enough to acknowledge ... that they may have unwittingly passed these messages on." | "We've also got to stand up against the way in which social media corrupts and distorts both reporting and decision making... It's important that all of us do that and that some of us who shared some of these messages on social media have been generous enough to acknowledge ... that they may have unwittingly passed these messages on." |
| Hansard is the name given to the daily verbatim transcripts of parliamentary debates in Westminster, which have been officially printed since 1909 and are available online too. | Hansard is the name given to the daily verbatim transcripts of parliamentary debates in Westminster, which have been officially printed since 1909 and are available online too. |
| The service, an unofficial version of which dates back to 1803, is named after Thomas Hansard, a London printer and publisher, who was the first official printer to the parliament at Westminster. | The service, an unofficial version of which dates back to 1803, is named after Thomas Hansard, a London printer and publisher, who was the first official printer to the parliament at Westminster. |
| Mr Gove was a relatively late convert to social media, only joining Twitter in June 2016 after he was sacked as a minister by Theresa May. | Mr Gove was a relatively late convert to social media, only joining Twitter in June 2016 after he was sacked as a minister by Theresa May. |
| But he has continued to tweet since rejoining the cabinet this summer. | But he has continued to tweet since rejoining the cabinet this summer. |