One of the leading authorities on social networking sites in the Isle of Man says she's surprised at an attack on a civil servant by member of the Legislative Council Juan Turner.
Mr Turner made his comments, about a senior official in the Manx Government's IT department, on his Facebook page.
As managing director of Strive PR, Sherrilynne Starkie regularly uses such sites for business purposes.
On Talking Heads today she said it was unclear why Mr Turner would do such a thing:

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