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Former Telegraph diary editor Tim Walker reveals how a story about Stephen Fry led him to be buried under a tsunami of abuse. Extract from his new book: Star Turns. Waiting for his own guest to arrive, Gallagher had been struck by how Fry, deep in conversation with Serkis, appeared to be addressing his millions of followers on Twitter while not actually touching a single key on his mobile phone. Warming to his theme in his blog, Fry went on to say that he no longer had any faith at all in print media. No magazines and certainly no newspapers. Needless to say, the vast legions of keyboard warriors Fry had at his command saw this as the order to open fire, and, for a few weeks, the bombardment I took on Twitter was intense.

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Every other day, Twitter throws up some Hitler Diaries-style hoax that gets swallowed whole by whoever happens to be online at the time, then vomited back up again, minutes later, in a slurry of sorrys and mea culpas. The most common genre of collective gullibility is the celebrity death. Now add to that list the acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, news of whose demise was announced by a fake Spanish government account soon after 4pm yesterday afternoon, loudly lamented by the movie-loving Twittersphere for about 10 minutes, and then swiftly retracted by all and sundry, once they realised this was the same fake Spanish government account that recently tried to kill Antonio Banderas. Twitter has hastened the mad dash to be first, to get the exclusive, to be the one who writes "BREAKING" in front of their latest tweet and actually means it. On the other hand, is 10 minutes so long? As a resigning politician might say, mistakes were made — but Twitter helps to correct those mistakes almost instantaneously. The social network is a vast, fact-checking machine. News isn't just broken there; it's challenged, verified, sub-edited. In the long run, a moment's embarrassing error just emphasises the value of considered reporting. As long as unconfirmed tweets come with the disclaimer "unconfirmed", Twitter is a macrocosm of the newsroom. Rumours swirl, but by the end of the news cycle, the truth tends to come out.

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Former Telegraph diary editor Tim Walker reveals how a story about Stephen Fry led him to be buried under a tsunami of abuse. Extract from his new book: Star Turns. Waiting for his own guest to arrive, Gallagher had been struck by how Fry, deep in conversation with Serkis, appeared to be addressing his millions of followers on Twitter while not actually touching a single key on his mobile phone. Warming to his theme in his blog, Fry went on to say that he no longer had any faith at all in print media. No magazines and certainly no newspapers. Needless to say, the vast legions of keyboard warriors Fry had at his command saw this as the order to open fire, and, for a few weeks, the bombardment I took on Twitter was intense. I recognised he was bipolar, but it always seemed to me that more probably united — rather than divided — us. Sadly, the lunch with Fry never happened, but, for the avoidance of doubt, the offer remains open. This is an extract from Star Turns, by Tim Walker, in which the former Telegraph diary editor dishes the dirt on 71 celebrity encounters. Email pged pressgazette.

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What was once illegal, and supposedly scorned by right-thinking members of society, became accepted to the extent that, in , same-sex marriage was recognised in law. Everett himself made the point to me that few, if any, of his contemporaries felt able to be honest about their sexuality until they had first established themselves. Looking back at the celebrity interviews I have conducted over almost 40 years, it makes me wonder if the public were ever quite as obsessive — and puritanical — about the sex lives of stars as some newspapers. Both have since come out and found contentment, but Chamberlain would, in his Dr Kildare days, get himself photographed with women; and Sher went so far as to get married to one. Liberace and Rock Hudson were afforded neither privacy nor dignity in their final days as they were dying of the so-called gay plague. He has since apologised. He seldom granted interviews and his private life had never been subjected to any media scrutiny. It was as if he was willing me to ask the obvious question, but instinctively I resiled. There were others, of course, who got through those times by living their supposedly scandalous lives in plain sight.

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Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Websites in our network. Read our privacy notice. Sadly, the lunch with Fry never happened, but, for the avoidance of doubt, the offer remains open. Now add to that list the acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, news of whose demise was announced by a fake Spanish government account soon after 4pm yesterday afternoon, loudly lamented by the movie-loving Twittersphere for about 10 minutes, and then swiftly retracted by all and sundry, once they realised this was the same fake Spanish government account that recently tried to kill Antonio Banderas. Arresting anyone for an insult or an ugly tweet seems tremendously severe. Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton signed off on Thursday. Rumours swirl, but by the end of the news cycle, the truth tends to come out. Select and enter your email address Future of Media Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments. Be on your guard for gags, hoaxes and Spanish celebrity deaths. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in.

Their frocks and suits are bold, body-conscious, all shoulders and boobs: the acme of power dressing. In the background, meanwhile, a skinny, somewhat pasty Englishman, not quite 25, looks on. His main responsibilities are changing light bulbs, emptying wastepaper bins, getting food for everyone.

In the long run, a moment's embarrassing error just emphasises the value of considered reporting. Websites in our network. Warming to his theme in his blog, Fry went on to say that he no longer had any faith at all in print media. News isn't just broken there; it's challenged, verified, sub-edited. Arresting anyone for an insult or an ugly tweet seems tremendously severe. Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in. He hoped, he said, that the so-called "first social media Games", would "bring people to use the Web to understand each other… and look at each other from a more beautiful point of view. But the dream was dashed days later by the behaviour of a spectacularly charmless teenager, one " Rileyy69", whose tweets are an unending stream of abuse, threats and violent imagery — some of them directed at diver Tom Daley. Yet Facebook bullying is rife too, reportedly. Sadly, the lunch with Fry never happened, but, for the avoidance of doubt, the offer remains open. I recognised he was bipolar, but it always seemed to me that more probably united — rather than divided — us. Matt Lucas and Micah Richards have quit; Kirstie Allsopp called in police this week over unrepeatable abuse. Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton signed off on Thursday. Let me know if you find it.