[euram]

I’ve noticed a lot of papers and other news outlets have eliminated comments altogether. I read that a study showed that the comments section was more influential than people thought, and because comments on certain stories brought a lot of comments, they have moved to eliminate that source of opposition to their agenda.

[Calvin Locke]

About time Gannett went AR on sites quoting them, somebody had posted a reference to a "letter to the editor" purporting to be local to that Gannett rag, I notice basically the same letter in my own local Gannett rag with a local address.

I think they were salting their editorial "responses" all across the chain at the same time, and people were catching on.

I'm not surprised *everybody* is trying to control the information flow that isn't what they want to hear.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

That’s because the comments section were more informed than the article or editorial themselves.

[W.]

It’s taken 20 years to get to this point. Finally, I say!