[Second Amendment First]

Anonymous comments, even positive ones, damage trust in the news media.

Here I thought it was biased and incompetent reporting that damaged trust in the news media. Silly me!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Anonymous comments, even positive ones, damage trust in the news media.

ROTFL!!! That's some funny stuff.

[Jewbacca]

King George had similar complaints about anonymous pamphlets circa 1775.

Tyrants like to be able to single out enemies for prosecution (e.g., like the corrupt DA in Travis County).

[skeeter]

The media will not tolerate dissent.

[Truth29]

Riiiiggggghhhhhtttt. Then any anti Left or Anti-Regime posts will be flagged by followup by the IRS and the brown shirts of the Administration.

[mongo141]

“Anonymous comments, even positive ones, damage trust in the news media.”

“Here I thought it was biased and incompetent reporting that damaged trust in the news media. Silly me!”
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[Night Hides Not]

First, the news media needs to end quotes from anonymous sources.

Until then, they can KMA.

[edpc]

But they are more than happy to keep using anonymous sources. Whatever.

[Sir Napsalot]

Let me guess,

American Journalism Review did not find fault with journ0lists’ and their drivels? That they don’t damage their own brand?

[defconw]

What a bunch of Nazi’s the media has become. ;)

[Interesting Times]

This would have been more amusing as an unsigned editorial.

[Dan(9698)]

They don’t want anyone challenging their biased and incompetent reporting.

[Red Badger]

I wonder if X, Y and Z would agree?....................

[ilgipper]

I see more than enough idiocy from comments tied to people’s personal accounts. I don’t think it matter if it’s anonymous or not. People are definitely not afraid to look the fool these days.

[MortMan]

No anonymous comments? Then no anonymous sources for the media!

[WayneS]

The local Culpeper, Virginia, newspaper disallowed anonymous comments on their web-site a few years ago. I had no problem with it since my screen name on their site was my real name.

However, instead of simply requiring people to use their real names in order to join their comment section, the powers that be at the paper decided to require Facebook membership (with, presumably, ones own name?) as a prerequisite for posting comments.

I have not been on their web-site since the day the policy was enacted.

[dennisw]

Anonymous pamphleteering goes way back to the American Revolution and before. It has an honorable tradition and there is a reason to be anonymous sometimes. All depends on the situation.
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Forbes magazine:
The First Amendment right to freedom of expression extends to anonymous expression. “Under our Constitution,” wrote the Supreme Court in 1995, “anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnvillasenor/2014/02/07/when-should-the-authors-of-anonymous-online-reviews-be-revealed-yelp-challenges-a-court-unmasking-order/

[Paulie]

News flash for ya Kevin and Melinda - it’s the lying, cheating, underhanded, race-baiting, gender-dividing, misleading, incomplete reporting of your own kind that’s the problem.

Assuming you’re correct that this ‘movement’ is gaining steam withing the journalistic ranks, tells me you’re losing credibility and paying customers at a high rate of speed.

Typical leftists - never see themselves as the problem.

[Rusty0604]

I clicked on one of the author’s website.

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[ConservaTexan]

I guess the “right to privacy” the left so reveres only applies to gay sex and killing babies.

[MeshugeMikey]