U.K. political journalist Jim Waterson is facing the wrath of Ottawa residents over bus stop changes and unplowed streets on Twitter because of a similar handle to Mayor Jim Watson.
The deputy editor for BuzzFeed in the U.K. penned a column about the occasional mixup between his account, @jimwaterson, and the mayor's account, @JimWatsonOttawa.
"Suddenly I know a lot more about Ottawa than I ever wanted to know," Waterson told CBC News.
"It's only every few months but it's always a delicious sort of bizarre thing. I sit there, writing about U.K. politics every day, and then suddenly, out of the blue, someone is having a go at me about the fact that they can't get a snowplow to their front door."
As a political journalist, he said he's used to "abusive messages" but the ones directed at Watson take more time to figure out. Cont.
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