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This Just In: Internet Comments Often Rude, Vitriolic, Says NY Times
Newsbusters ^ | 11/05/07 | Clay Waters

Posted on 11/05/2007 5:50:44 PM PST by casino66

New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt's Sunday column, "Civil Discourse, Meet the Internet," delivered some piping hot news, circa year 2000: Web comments can often be rude and crude.

"WARNING: This column contains rude and objectionable language not normally found in the pages of this newspaper but seen surprisingly often on its Web site.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civility; clarkhoyt; comments; nyt; rooney
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To: jrushing

I drove to my Brother’s House on Sunday to go to an NFL game, the Sunday Gnu Yak Times was there, didn’t even touch it.
I read the Post daily and the only reason I get the Daily News is to read Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy.


21 posted on 11/05/2007 6:17:10 PM PST by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: casino66

Speaking of the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/business/media/05cnd-msnbc.html?ex=1194930000&en=759bc04df9e8a4c4&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS

Rosie O’Donnell in Talks to Join MSNBC

By JACQUES STEINBERG and BILL CARTER
Published: November 5, 2007
Rosie O’Donnell, who abruptly left “The View” on ABC last spring after drawing attention and ratings for her opinions on everything from the Iraq war to her co-hosts, is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox: a prime-time show on the cable news channel MSNBC, according to executives on both sides of the negotiations who have been briefed directly.

Under one scenario, Ms. O’Donnell would be given the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight on MSNBC, where she would go head-to-head with two heavyweights of cable talk: “Larry King Live” on CNN and “Hannity & Colmes” on Fox News. Her show would replace “Live with Dan Abrams,” a relatively low-rated program that only recently replaced “Scarborough Country,” which was also little-watched.

———Notice how every show on MSLSD is low-rated and little watched? How sweet it is.


22 posted on 11/05/2007 6:19:40 PM PST by casino66 ( If I vote Dem I'll get everything 'free')
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To: groanup

With no comments from the masses,(unless they are NICE).


23 posted on 11/05/2007 6:21:37 PM PST by casino66 ( If I vote Dem I'll get everything 'free')
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To: groanup
Image hosted by Photobucket.com

24 posted on 11/05/2007 6:22:21 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: Third Order
I could do without comments on YouTube.

Just reading comments on YouTube will cause your IQ to drop temporarily (and your blood pressure to rise) but I think that one of the beautiful things about the internet is that it provides a place for all sane but naive people to go and see just how insane other people can be. For instance, there are a lot of people out there who really just don't understand just how nasty a lot of the left-wingers can be. People mistakenly think that left-wingers are good people who just have a different view of things. Ha! A day on YouTube, or better yet, the DU, will open their eyes forever to the real nature of the enemy.
25 posted on 11/05/2007 6:26:59 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: casino66
Matthew 5:22

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But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.

Mathew 10:16

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“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.

26 posted on 11/05/2007 6:27:42 PM PST by SaltyJoe (Lenin legalized abortion. Afterward, every life was fair game for Death.)
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To: casino66
What?
Lack of civility on forums?

I NEVER!

27 posted on 11/05/2007 6:39:24 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: advertising guy

Oh now, come on. They’ll be watching the smoke to see which way the wind is blowing. Besides, I bet you’ll be just a few drops short of putting the fire out completely anyway.


28 posted on 11/05/2007 6:39:57 PM PST by kylaka
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To: Chode

That would make a great poster!


29 posted on 11/05/2007 6:41:30 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: casino66

No! rude comments on the internet? I am so shocked.


30 posted on 11/05/2007 6:42:06 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Publius6961
Image hosted by Photobucket.com roger that...
31 posted on 11/05/2007 6:46:20 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: casino66
Rosie O’Donnell...is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox

I hope that soapbox is built out of six-by-sixes and one-inch thick plywood.

Whoops, was that rude and vitriolic? Sorry.

32 posted on 11/05/2007 6:49:34 PM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: casino66

Well they should be required to have a paid monitor to clean things up! Right?


33 posted on 11/05/2007 6:55:53 PM PST by VA40
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To: VA40

Could you imagine the comments if hirrary allowed them on her site? roflmao.


34 posted on 11/05/2007 7:10:37 PM PST by casino66 ( If I vote Dem I'll get everything 'free')
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To: Third Order
Many of the YouTube comments are disgustingly putrid.
35 posted on 11/05/2007 7:20:00 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Chode
!!!!
36 posted on 11/05/2007 7:20:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: longtermmemmory
Its the NYT advising its readers to stay away from the scaaaary internet. NYT readers should stay with the safe and easy to comprend newsprint. The NYT will TELL YOU all you need to know....(/s)

I've been noticing for several years that the MSM stories about the internet almost always focus on some aspect kiddie-porn, financial scams and identity theft. Don't forget the new bogeyman, the 'online predator'.

37 posted on 11/05/2007 10:22:10 PM PST by Looking4Truth (Radical muslims and illegal immigrants: One group wants to kill U.S and the other invade U.S.)
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