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Grace Dent Shows How To Deal With A Twitter Troll (PICTURES)

Posted: 16/04/2012 14:19 Updated: 16/04/2012 14:19

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Author and journalist Grace Dent got her own back on a Twitter troll on Sunday - by pointing out he worked at a PR firm she used and asking just how much he enjoyed his job.

Mufadal Jiwaji, who works at Hill and Knowlton, tweeted that Dent reminded him of "a girlfriend I once had. By girlfriend I mean that time I accidentally made love to an ugly abhorrent horse" after her appearance on the BBC's Have I Got News For You?

But after the author questioned him, saying: "I'm wondering, as a public relations person for a firm I work with, what your thinking was in sending me this message?"

She added: "You'll bear the brunt of your idiocy at 10am tomorrow morning when you're unemployed. Good luck."


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I'm wondering, as a public relations person for a firm I work with, what your thinking was in sending me this message?


Grace Dent
You'll bear the brunt of your idiocy at 10am tomorrow morning when you're unemployed. Good luck.

Jiwaji apologised, tweeting: "Unreservedly withdraw my vulgar and puerile comment regarding@gracedent, especially in light of the bbc doc on internet trolls last week."

The PR professional added:


Mufadal Jiwaji
it was naive and ill-warranted. I won't delete it, as I ought to bare the full brunt of my idiocy.


Mufadal Jiwaji
It's amazing how when you're at the centre of an entirely self-inflicted car-crash how everything moves in slow-motion.

The exchange caused their own Twitter storm, with many sticking criticising Dent for threatening his job.

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His company said in a statement: "We're obviously aware of the comments and we're dealing with it. It's obviously being taken seriously and we're looking into it."

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Author and journalist Grace Dent got her own back on a Twitter troll on Sunday - by pointing out he worked at a PR firm she used and asking just how much he enjoyed his job. Mufadal Jiwaji, who wor...
Author and journalist Grace Dent got her own back on a Twitter troll on Sunday - by pointing out he worked at a PR firm she used and asking just how much he enjoyed his job. Mufadal Jiwaji, who wor...
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Paul Wagland
Resistance is fertile
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03:58 PM on 04/18/2012
Not the wisest of comments by the guy in question.

That said, Grace Dent is a hypocrite for reacting the way she did. She says some really spiteful things about people!
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Huffy Man
Thats what she said
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03:15 PM on 04/17/2012
I would hate to know that his guy was my PR person....
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BigClive
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08:34 PM on 04/16/2012
Like all the other high profile cases in the tabloids:

This is not trolling.
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takbisc
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07:23 PM on 04/16/2012
LOL! which is more than I can say for myself - of course I meant handled and directed. Ha ha.
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takbisc
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07:21 PM on 04/16/2012
When verbal abuse becomes personal and not about someone's particular method or way of dealing with things the person to whom the abuse is direcyed has every right to make a stand and make a complaint about it.

In this instance Ms Dent appeared to hangle it well and efficiently.
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inapickle
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06:50 PM on 04/16/2012
If he works for her PR firm, then yeah, she has a right to ask that he be reprimanded or fired. He's supposed to make her look good and support her, not publicly slag her off. He made a huge professional mistake and should be held accountable for it.
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Hugh Albert
Moderation in somethings
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03:42 PM on 04/16/2012
Those who exercise their right to comment must expect the recipient to retaliate in whatever way suits them. @Mufadal seems to accept that and isn't whingeing, so far, so that would seem to be that.
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Thomas Platt
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03:08 PM on 04/16/2012
Absolutely she dealt with him the right way! If I worked with a company and one of their employees came up to me and said something highly offensive to my face, you bet I'd be talking to their boss in the morning.
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Ben Wilson
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02:46 PM on 04/16/2012
Good on Grace, problem solved and no need for the police or a court case.
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Josephine Keers
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06:12 AM on 04/18/2012
too true
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