Joey Barton Fink: To wit, now a twit

Ousmane Dabo will be relieved to know Barton is doing most of his damage on Twitter

Joey Barton provides a prime example of how social media can be a double edged sword.

Days after his inconvenient truths about his club earned him the respect of thousands of fans from not just Newcastle but many others frustrated by the way clubs do business, he's gone and destroyed his whistle blower image to become another cheap aunt agony who unloads every thought shallow or otherwise on a ready audience.

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