Posted on 01/19/2006 6:07:53 PM PST by flixxx
The Editors Discuss Site Policies, Design and Goals Posted at 04:22 PM ET, 01/19/2006 Comments Turned Off As of 4:15 p.m. ET today, we have shut off comments on this blog indefinitely.
At its inception, the purpose of this blog was to open a dialogue about this site, the events of the day, the journalism of The Washington Post Company and other related issues. Among the things that we knew would be part of that discussion would be the news and opinion coming from the pages of The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com. We knew a lot of that discussion would be critical in nature. And we were fine with that. Great journalism companies need feedback from readers to stay sharp.
But there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use of profanity and hate speech. Because a significant number of folks who have posted in this blog have refused to follow any of those relatively simple rules, we've decided not to allow comments for the time being. It's a shame that it's come to this. Transparency and reasoned debate are crucial parts of the Web culture, and it's a disappointment to us that we have not been able to maintain a civil conversation, especially about issues that people feel strongly (and differently) about.
We're not giving up on the concept of having a healthy public dialogue with our readers, but this experience shows that we need to think more carefully about how we do it. Any thoughtful feedback on that (or any other issue) is welcome, and you can send it to executive.editor@washingtonpost.com.
Thanks, Jim Brady Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com
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sorry...."Abramoff"
All you need is an Admin Mod. Works fine for us. Is The Post too cheap to hire one?
But what do propaganda organs of the DNC need?
The Post is undoubtedly unable to find an Administrator ~ those on the leftwing are too foul, and those on the rightwing are too smart for the Posties!~
The vast majority of profanity I've seen on MSM blogs comes from the liberals.
Obviously they got more than they wanted.
...I don't know...these Admin Mods are in demand. When you make upwards of $500K...you can be choosy about where you work!!
;)
...seriesly, though, worth every penny...as the WP has found out....
The big revelation is that the Post's ombudsgal dared to mention the truth that Dems also took money from Abramoff! I expect that she will soon be fired for going off of the WP reservation!
The word is Plantation.
Yes. They do.
They'd also have to admit like us that their site is proprietary and not exactly a free speech forum. At least not for Marxists, Communists, Nazis, fascists, anarchists, racists, extremists, homosexualists, abortionists, feminists, traitors, radical environmentalists, blasphemers, pornographers, wackos, liberal trolls, etc, etc. Oh, wait. We're talking the Washington Post here. Nevermind.
They already have a website: D.U.
"But there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use of profanity and hate speech."In that case, dialogue with the Left is impossible, Jim.
"It's a shame that it's come to this."Yes. It is. Has it come as a surprise to you?
Most of us have known for a long time exactly what the Left has become. You mean you haven't?
"Transparency and reasoned debate are crucial parts of the Web culture, and it's a disappointment to us that we have not been able to maintain a civil conversation, especially about issues that people feel strongly (and differently) about."There is nothing liberal or freedom loving about the Left, Jim. You must have been in denial for a long, long time if you didn't know this.
It's time to wake up!
(I know. It's painful. It always is when reality comes crashing down and shatters delusions.)
"But there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use of profanity and hate speech."In that case, dialogue with the Left is impossible, Jim.
"It's a shame that it's come to this."Yes. It is. Has it come as a surprise to you?
Most of us have known for a long time exactly what the Left has become. You mean you haven't?
"Transparency and reasoned debate are crucial parts of the Web culture, and it's a disappointment to us that we have not been able to maintain a civil conversation, especially about issues that people feel strongly (and differently) about."There is nothing liberal or freedom loving about the Left, Jim. You must have been in denial for a long, long time if you didn't know this.
It's time to wake up!
(I know. It's painful. It always is when reality comes crashing down and shatters delusions.)
Those sick scumbags at the Washington DNC Post can't seem to get anything right. I did catch on the Laura Ingraham show that David Broder is still alive and even continues to submit columns! Talk about having absolutely no class....
Those sick scumbags at the Washington DNC Post can't seem to get anything right. I did catch on the Laura Ingraham show that David Broder is still alive and even continues to submit columns! Talk about having absolutely no class....
Those sick scumbags at the Washington DNC Post can't seem to get anything right. I did catch on the Laura Ingraham show that David Broder is still alive and even continues to submit columns! Talk about having absolutely no class....
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